Tremoda
Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Tremoda | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4.736 tons | ||
| Completed | 1928 - Harland & Wolff Ltd, Greenock | ||
| Owner | The Hain Steamship Co Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | St. Ives | ||
| Date of attack | 27 Aug, 1941 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-557 (Ottokar Arnold Paulshen) | ||
| Position | 53.36N, 18.40W - Grid AL 6996 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 53 (32 dead and 21 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | OS-4 | ||
| Route | London - Duala, Cameroons | ||
| Cargo | General cargo and war stores | ||
| History | Built as Nimoda, 1937 renamed Tremoda | ||
| Notes on loss | At 02.05 hours on 27 Aug, 1941, the Tremoda (Master James Sincock Bastian) in convoy OS-4 was torpedoed by U-557 west of Achill Island and was last seen drifting in 54°08N/15°28W the next day. The master, 25 crew members and six gunners were lost. 20 crew members and one gunner were picked up by Chevreuil and landed at Kingston, Jamaica. | ||
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