Kumasian
| Name | Kumasian | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4.922 tons | ||
| Completed | 1935 - Wm. Hamilton & Co Ltd, Port Glasgow | ||
| Owner | United Africa Co Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | Liverpool | ||
| Date of attack | 5 Aug, 1941 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-74 (Eitel-Friedrich Kentrat) | ||
| Position | 53.26N, 15.40W - Grid AM 7156 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 60 (1 dead and 59 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | SL-81 | ||
| Route | Lagos - Freetown (15 Jul) - London | ||
| Cargo | 7000 tons of general cargo | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 05.40 hours on 5 Aug, 1941, U-74 fired a spread of two torpedoes at the convoy SL-81 west of Ireland and three single torpedoes at 05.41 and 05.42 hours. The U-boat observed a hit amidships with the second torpedo and heard three detonations after the boat had to dive. Kentrat reported one ship sunk and three others damaged, however, only the Kumasian (Master William Edward Pelisser) was hit and sunk. One crew member was lost. The master, 43 crew members, six gunners and nine passengers were picked up by the British corvette HMS La Malouine (K 46) (Lt V.D.H. Bidwell RNR) and landed at Liverpool. | ||
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