Toorak
British Steam tanker
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| Name | Toorak | ||
| Type: | Steam tanker | ||
| Tonnage | 8,627 tons | ||
| Completed | 1927 - Lithgows Ltd, Port Glasgow | ||
| Owner | Socony Vacuum Transportation Co Ltd, Montreal | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 16 Jan 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Damaged by U-86 (Walter Schug) | ||
| Position | 47.54N, 52.11W - Grid BB 6362 | ||
| Complement | 51 (0 dead and 51 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | ON-52 (dispersed) | ||
| Route | Coryton - Halifax | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | Built as Voco, 1934 renamed Toorak | ||
| Notes on loss | At 13.58 hours on 16 Jan, 1942, U-86 fired a spread of two torpedoes at Toorak, dispersed from convoy ON-52, and heard one detonation before loosing the ship in heavy snowfall. The Germans managed to locate the tanker again after about one hour, but missed her with two torpedoes at 15.11 and 15.34 hours and gave up the chase because every attack had been evaded and the distress signals alerted the nearby coast. | ||
Location of attack on Toorak.
ship damaged.
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