Delilian
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| Name | Delilian | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 6.423 tons | ||
| Completed | 1923 - D. & W. Henderson & Co Ltd, Glasgow | ||
| Owner | Donaldson Brothers Ltd, Glasgow | ||
| Homeport | Liverpool | ||
| Date of attack | 7 Mar, 1941 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Damaged by U-70 (Joachim Matz) | ||
| Position | 60.28N, 13.38W - - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | ? men (? dead and ? survivors). | ||
| Convoy | OB-293 | ||
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| History | At 01.16 hours on 24 Feb, 1943, U-653 (Feiler) fired a stern shot at the convoy ON-166 in 46°02N/39°20W (grid BC 6956). The torpedo missed the intended target but detonated near the Delilian. | ||
| Notes on loss | On 7 Mar, 1941, U-70 (Matz) attacked the convoy OB-293 but was lost after a second attack at 07.25 hours. The survivors claimed that they had hit three ship in the first attack at 04.45 hours and another in the second. But in fact three ships were damaged: Athelbeach, Delilian and Mijdrecht. | ||
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