Limbourg
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| Name | Limbourg | ||
| Type: | Motor merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 2,483 tons | ||
| Completed | 1938 - John Cockerill SA, Hoboken, Antwerp | ||
| Owner | Armement Deppe, Antwerp | ||
| Homeport | Antwerp | ||
| Date of attack | 29 Mar 1941 | Nationality:  Belgian | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-48 (Herbert Schultze) | ||
| Position | 61.18N, 22.05W - Grid AE 7844 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 24 (22 dead and 2 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | HX-115 | ||
| Route | Curaçao - Halifax - Aberdeen | ||
| Cargo | 3450 tons of phosphate | ||
| History | Completed in October 1938 | ||
| Notes on loss | At 06.19 hours on 29 Mar, 1941, U-48 fired her first torpedo at the convoy HX-115 south of Iceland and reported a hit on the Hylton, but in fact the Germanic was hit. The second torpedo fired at 06.24 hours missed and the next two torpedoes, fired at 06.27 and 06.55 hours, did not hit the targets but instead two ships beyond it. The Limbourg was hit at this time. The xB-Dienst presumed a hit on the Athelprince and a hit on the British steam merchant Masunda (5250 grt) was reported, but these ships were in fact not struck. It seems that either the Germanic or the Limbourg were hit more than once. Only two of the 24 crew members from Limbourg (Master L. Spiessens) were rescued. | ||
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