Umona
Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Umona | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 3.767 tons | ||
| Completed | 1910 - Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd, Sunderland | ||
| Owner | Bullard King & Co Ltd (Natal Line), London | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 30 Mar, 1941 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-124 (Georg-Wilhelm Schulz) | ||
| Position | Grid ET 5356 - See estimated map location (06.52N15.14W) * | ||
| Complement | 107 (102 dead and 5 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Durban - Walvis Bay (20 Mar) - Freetown - London | ||
| Cargo | 1549 tons of maize, 50 tons of pulses and 47 tons of jam | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 23.01 hours on 30 Mar, 1941, the unescorted Umona (Master Frederick Arthur Baden Peckham) was hit aft by one torpedo from U-124 and sank after being hit two minutes later by a coup de grāce about 90 miles southwest of Freetown. The master, 81 crew members, seven gunners and 13 passengers (6 DBS) were lost. One gunner and one passenger (DBS) were picked up after 13 days by the British steam merchant Lorca and landed at Freetown on 13 April. On 7 April, three crew members were picked up by HMS Foxhound (H 69) (Cdr G.H. Peters), escort of convoy WS-7, in 07°25N/13°55W and landed at Freetown the next day. | ||
* 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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