Primula
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| Name | Primula | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 1.024 tons | ||
| Completed | 1918 - De Haan & Oerlemans, Heusden | ||
| Owner | Wahl & Co, Oslo | ||
| Homeport | Oslo | ||
| Date of attack | 4 Dec, 1939 | Nationality:  Norwegian | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-31 (Johannes Habekost) | ||
| Position | 57.15N, 01.50E - Grid AN 4598 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 15 (8 dead and 7 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Oslo - UK | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 15.42 hours on 4 Dec, 1939, the Primula was hit in the stern by one torpedo from U-31 and sank within two minutes after breaking in two about 120 miles east of Stonehaven. The survivors had to jump overboat because both lifeboats were destroyed and the motor boat got stuck. The seven men, three of them injured managed to get on a raft, were rescued and taken to Methil, Scotland. | ||
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