Ships hit by U-boats


Sithonia

British Steam merchant



Photo from City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 447-2700

NameSithonia
Type:Steam merchant
Tonnage6,723 tons
Completed1919 - J.L. Thompson & Sons Ltd, North Sands, Sunderland 
OwnerHenry M. Thomson, London 
HomeportLondon 
Date of attack13 Jul 1942Nationality:      British
 
FateSunk by U-201 (Adalbert Schnee)
Position29° 00'N, 25° 00'W - Grid DG 9552
Complement53 (7 dead and 46 survivors).
ConvoyOS-33 (dispersed)
RouteBarry - Belfast Lough (2 Jul) - Montevideo 
Cargo8026 tons of coal 
History Launched as War Diamond, completed in September 1919 as Radnorshire for Royal Mail Lines Ltd, London. 1925 laid up and 1930 sold to Henry M. Thomson, London and renamed Sithonia
Notes on event

At 02.21 hours on 13 July 1942 the Sithonia (Master Charles Cottew Brown), dispersed from convoy OS-33, was torpedoed and sunk by U-201 west of the Canary Islands. Seven crew members were lost. The master and 20 crew members made landfall after 18 days at Timiris, Senegal and were interned by the Vichy French authorities at Port Etienne. The chief officer and 24 crew members were picked up after sailing about 820 miles in 14 days by a Spanish fishing vessel and landed at Las Palmas.

 
On boardWe have details of 33 people who were on board


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