Sea Venture
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| Name | Sea Venture | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 2.327 tons | ||
| Completed | 1930 - Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd, Wallsend, Sunderland | ||
| Owner | Dover Navigation Co Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | Dover | ||
| Date of attack | 20 Oct, 1939 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-34 (Wilhelm Rollmann) | ||
| Position | 60.50N, 00.15E - Grid AN 2131 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 25 (0 dead and 25 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Tyne - Tromsø, Norway | ||
| Cargo | 3000 tons of coal | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 10.58 hours on 20 Oct, 1939, U-34 tried to stop the unescorted Sea Venture (Master Charles Swanson Tate) with three shots across the bow about 50 miles northeast of the Shetland Islands, but the ship returned fire inaccurately and tried to escape so the U-boat shelled her until the crew abandoned ship at 11.23 hours. She was sunk by a coup de grâce at 13.40 hours. The master and 24 crew members were picked up by the Lerwick lifeboat and landed at Lerwick, Shetland Islands. | ||
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