Silvercedar
Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Silvercedar | ||
| Type: | Motor merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4.354 tons | ||
| Completed | 1924 - William Doxford & Sons Ltd, Sunderland | ||
| Owner | Silver Line Ltd (Stanley & John Thompson Ltd), London | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 15 Oct, 1941 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-553 (Karl Thurmann) | ||
| Position | 53.36N, 29.57W - Grid AK 9222 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 48 (22 dead and 26 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | SC-48 | ||
| Route | New York - Sydney - Liverpool | ||
| Cargo | 7300 tons of general cargo, including steel | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 08.15 hours on 15 Oct, 1941, U-553 torpedoed and sank the Silvercedar in convoy SC-48 southeast of Cape Farewell and missed at 08.17 hours another ship and thought that she had hit a ship beyond, but this was not the case. At 08.23 hours, the U-boat fired two torpedoes and sank the Ila. The Silvercedar (Master Thomas Keane) sank in seven minutes on an even keel. The master, 18 crew members, two gunners and one passenger (DBS) were lost. 19 crew members and seven gunners were picked up by FFL Mimosa (J 6254) and landed at Reykjavik. | ||
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