Pacific
Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Pacific | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 6,034 tons | ||
| Completed | 1915 - Union Iron Works, San Francisco CA | ||
| Owner | W.H. Cockerline & Co, Hull | ||
| Homeport | Hull | ||
| Date of attack | 2 Mar 1941 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-95 (Gerd Schreiber) | ||
| Position | Grid AM 1472 - See estimated map location (58.40N13.40W) * | ||
| Complement | 35 (34 dead and 1 survivor). | ||
| Convoy | HX-109 | ||
| Route | New York - Halifax (13 Feb) - Grangemouth | ||
| Cargo | 9000 tons of steel and scrap | ||
| History | In 1940 the American Pacific of American South African Line Inc, New York was given to by Britain and transferred to the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). | ||
| Notes on loss | At 00.46 hours on 2 Mar, 1941, the Pacific (Master Alan Francis King) in convoy HX-109 was hit by one torpedo from U-95 and sank rapidly by the stern about 180 miles west-southwest of Syderöy, Faroe Islands. The ship had been missed by a first torpedo at 00.44 hours. The master and 33 crew members were lost. One crew member was picked up by the Icelandic trawler Dora and landed at Fleetwood on 5 March. | ||
* 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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