River Lugar
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| Name | River Lugar | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5.423 tons | ||
| Completed | 1937 - Lithgows Ltd, Port Glasgow | ||
| Owner | Campbell Brothers & Co, Newcastle-upon-Tyne | ||
| Homeport | Glasgow | ||
| Date of attack | 27 Jun, 1941 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-69 (Jost Metzler) | ||
| Position | 24N, 21W - Grid DT 3898 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 44 (38 dead and 6 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | SL-78 | ||
| Route | Pepel - Freetown (18 Jun) - Barry Roads | ||
| Cargo | 9250 tons of iron ore | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 01.19 hours on 27 Jun, 1941, U-69 fired a spread of two torpedoes at two overlapping steamers in convoy SL-78 about 200 miles southeast of the Azores and heard one detonation, but no hit can be confirmed from Allied sources. At 01.49 hours, another torpedo was fired that hit the River Lugar amidships, which broke in two and sank within seconds. In a third attack at 02.37 hours, the Empire Ability was hit, caught fire and sank after 21 minutes. The master, 35 crew members and two passengers from the River Lugar (Master William Frame) were lost. Six crew members were picked up by HMS Burdock (K 126) (Lt H.J. Fellowes SANVR) and landed at Milford Haven. | ||
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