Everoja
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| Name | Everoja | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4.830 tons | ||
| Completed | 1910 - Wm. Hamilton & Co Ltd, Port Glasgow | ||
| Owner | Counties Ship Management Co Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 3 Nov, 1941 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-203 (Rolf Mützelburg) | ||
| Position | 52.18N, 53.05W - Grid AJ 7442 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 46 (0 dead and 46 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | SC-52 | ||
| Route | St.John, New Brunswick - Dublin | ||
| Cargo | 6401 tons of wheat | ||
| History | Built as British Middelham Castle for Lancashire Shipping Co (Castle Line), 1932 renamed Delia, 1934 renamed American Bright Wings, 1939 renamed Latvian Everoja for Fricis Grauds, Riga. 1940 taken over by Britain and transferred to Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). | ||
| Notes on loss | At 18.28 hours on 3 Nov, 1941, U-203 attacked the convoy SC-52 80 miles east of Belle Island, Newfoundland, and sank the Everoja and Empire Gemsbuck. The master, 40 crew members and five gunners from the Everoja (Master Alfred Kirschfeloths) were picked up by the British corvette HMS Nasturtium (K 107) (LtCdr R.C. Freaker DSO) and landed at St.Johns, Newfoundland. | ||
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