Nailsea Lass
Nailsea Lass under her former name Specialist. Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Nailsea Lass | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4.289 tons | ||
| Completed | 1917 - J. Readhead & Sons, South Shields | ||
| Owner | E.R. Management Co Ltd, Cardiff | ||
| Homeport | Liverpool | ||
| Date of attack | 24 Feb, 1941 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-48 (Herbert Schultze) | ||
| Position | Grid BF 1185 - See estimated map location (50.06N10.23W) * | ||
| Complement | 36 (5 dead and 31 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | SLS-64 (straggler) | ||
| Route | Calcutta - Capetown - Freetown (30 Jan) - Oban - London | ||
| Cargo | 1301 tons of charcoal, 1041 tons of pig iron, 300 tons of iron ore and 10 tons of tea, hemp and jute | ||
| History | Built as Santille, 1920 renamed Specialist, 1936 renamed Nailsea Lass | ||
| Notes on loss | At 21.43 hours on 24 Feb, 1941, the Nailsea Lass (Master Thomas Llewellyn Bradford), a straggler from convoy SLS-64, was hit under the bridge by one torpedo from U-48 and sank by the bow at 22.19 hours 60 miles southwest of Fastnet. Five crew members were lost. The master and the chief officer Alfred Hodder were taken prisoner, landed at St.Nazaire on 27 February and taken to the German POW camp Milag Nord. The second officer E.J. Knight and 18 crew members landed at Ballyoughtraugh, Co. Kerry and the third officer and nine crew members near Berehaven, Co. Cork. | ||
* Estimated position shown here is based on positions of losses in a roughly the same German grid code. It may be a bit off but should give a good idea as to where the attack took place.
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