Saugor
Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Saugor | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 6.303 tons | ||
| Completed | 1928 - Harland & Wolff Ltd, Greenock | ||
| Owner | James Nourse Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 27 Aug, 1941 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-557 (Ottokar Arnold Paulshen) | ||
| Position | 53.36N, 16.40W - Grid AM 4774 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 82 (59 dead and 23 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | OS-4 | ||
| Route | London - Freetown - Calcutta | ||
| Cargo | General cargo and 28 aircraft | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | Between 01.25 and 01.43 hours on 27 Aug, 1941, U-557 fired four single torpedoes at the convoy OS-4 west of Ireland and reported three ships sunk and another damaged which was hit after the torpedo had missed the intended target. In fact, only Segundo and Saugor were hit and sunk. 52 crew members and seven gunners from the Saugor (Master James Arthur Aitken Steel) were lost. The master and 22 survivors were picked up by the British rescue ship Perth (Master Keith Williamson OBE) and landed at Greenock the next day. | ||
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