Imperial Transport
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| Name | Imperial Transport | ||
| Type: | Motor tanker | ||
| Tonnage | 8,022 tons | ||
| Completed | 1931 - Blythswood Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Glasgow | ||
| Owner | Houlder Brothers & Co Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 25 Mar 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Damaged by U-94 (Otto Ites) | ||
| Position | 46.26N, 41.30W - Grid BC 6763 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | ? men (0 dead and ? survivors). | ||
| Convoy | ON-77 | ||
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| History | On 11 Feb, 1940, the unescorted Imperial Transport was torpedoed and damaged by U-53 (Grosse) in 59°N/12°W (grid AM 1490). Two crew members were lost. 1947 renamed Mesna, 1949 renamed Rona and scrapped in 1958. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 06.16 hours on 25 Mar, 1942, U-94 fired four torpedoes at the convoy ON-77 and observed one hit at the bow of a freighter and two hits on a tanker. In fact only the Imperial Transport was struck by two torpedoes and abandoned, but remained afloat. The tanker was reboarded and towed to St.Johns, Newfoundland. | ||
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