City of Shanghai
Photo courtesy of the Allen Collection
| Name | City of Shanghai | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5.828 tons | ||
| Completed | 1917 - Earle´s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Hull | ||
| Owner | Ellerman Lines Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | Liverpool | ||
| Date of attack | 11 May, 1941 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-103 (Viktor Schütze) | ||
| Position | 06.40N, 27.50W - Grid ES 4473 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 73 (6 dead and 67 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | OB-313 (dispersed) | ||
| Route | Tyne - Capetown - Turkey | ||
| Cargo | 8000 tons of government cargo and deck cargo | ||
| History | Completed in August 1917 | ||
| Notes on loss | On 10 May 1941, the City of Shanghai (Master Arthur Frank Goring), dispersed on 28 April from the convoy OB-313, was spotted by U-103, but the lookouts of the vessel also spotted the U-boat and tried to escape. Schütze wrote in the KTB: Nun muss er fallen, wenn ich auch nur einen Aal im Rohr habe (Now he must fall, even if I have only one torpedo in my tube). At 01.30 hours on 11 May, after a hunt of over 16 hours, the U-boat fired its last torpedo and hit the City of Shanghai amidships, which was then finished off with the deck gun off St. Paul Rocks. Six crew members were lost. The master and 27 crew members were picked up by the Dutch steam merchant Stad Arnhem and landed at Freetown. 17 crew members were rescued by the Richmond Castle and landed at Glasgow. 22 crew members were picked up by the Argentinian steam merchant Josefina S. and landed at Pernambuco. | ||
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