Ships hit by U-boats


Montana

Panamanian Steam merchant



Montana under her former name Paula. Photo courtesy of Danish Maritime Museum, Elsinore

NameMontana
Type:Steam merchant
Tonnage1,549 tons
Completed1934 - Helsingørs Jernskibs-og Maskinbyggeri A/S, Elsinore 
OwnerUS Maritime Commission, Washington DC 
HomeportPanama 
Date of attack11 Sep 1941Nationality:      Panamanian
 
FateSunk by U-105 (Georg Schewe)
Position63.40N, 35.50W - Grid AD 7195
Complement25 (18 dead and 7 survivors).
Convoy
RouteWilmington - Reykjavik 
CargoTimber 
History Completed in August 1934 as Danish Paula for A/S D/S Vesterhavet (J. Lauritzen), Esbjerg. In April 1940 laid up in New York. On 2 Aug, 1941, seized by the US Maritime Commission, renamed Montana and registered in Panama. 
Notes on loss

At 16.50 hours on 11 Sep, 1941, the unescorted Montana was hit near the bridge by one of four torpedoes fired by U-105 and sank by the bow about 400 miles northeast of Cape Farewell.

 
CrewlistsWe have listing of 23 people who were on this vessel 

Location of attack on Montana.

ship sunk.


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