Lapland
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| Name | Lapland | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 1.330 tons | ||
| Completed | 1936 - Fredriksstad Mekaniske Verksted A/S Fredrikstad | ||
| Owner | James Currie & Co Ltd, Leith | ||
| Homeport | Leith | ||
| Date of attack | 28 Jul, 1941 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-203 (Rolf Mützelburg) | ||
| Position | 40.36N, 15.30W - Grid CG 1784 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 26 (0 dead and 26 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | OG-69 | ||
| Route | London - Lisbon | ||
| Cargo | 950 tons of tinplate and general cargo | ||
| History | Built as Honnor, renamed Lapland | ||
| Notes on loss | Between 21.27 and 21.28 hours on 28 Jul, 1941, U-203 fired four torpedoes on merchants and a destroyer in convoy OG-69 northwest of Cape Finisterre and had to dive after the attack. Mützelburg interpreted the heard detonations and sinking noises and reported three ships sunk and a destroyer probably damaged. In fact, only the Norita and Lapland were hit and sunk. The master, 22 crew members and three gunners from the Lapland (Master James Stuart Brown) were picked up by the HMS Rhododendron (K 78) (SubLt R.H. Towersey) and landed at Gibraltar. | ||
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