Dinaric
Dinaric under her former name Coatsworth
| Name | Dinaric | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 2,555 tons | ||
| Completed | 1919 - Dunlop, Bremner & Co Ltd, Port Glasgow | ||
| Owner | Stone & Rolfe Ltd, Llanelly | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 6 Jul 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-132 (Ernst Vogelsang) | ||
| Position | 49.30N, 66.30W - Grid BA 3911 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 38 (4 dead and 34 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | QS-15 | ||
| Route | Rimouski (5 Jul) - Father Point, New Brunswick - Sydney - UK | ||
| Cargo | 957 standards of timber and steel | ||
| History | Laid down as British War Lemon for The Shipping Controller, completed in September 1919 as Coatsworth for Robert Stanley Shipping Co, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. 1929 sold to R.S. Dalgliesh Ltd, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. 1939 sold to Yugoslavia and renamed Dinaric for Kvarner Brodarsko DD, Susak. 1941 taken over by Britain and transferred to Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). | ||
| Notes on loss | At 06.46 hours on 6 Jul, 1942, U-132 attacked the convoy QS-15 for a second time in the St. Lawrence River south of Clarke City, Quebec, and observed one hit amidships accompanied by a large column of fire after a running time of 1 minute 35 seconds. The ship hit was the Dinaric (Master Marijan Zadrijevac), which later sank in 49°15N/66°43W on 9 July. Four crew members were lost. The master, 27 crew members and six gunners were picked up by HMCS Drummondville (J 253) (Lt J.P. Fraser, RCNR) and landed at Sydney. | ||
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