Ships hit by U-boats


Gothia


NameGothia
Type:Motor merchant
Tonnage1,640 tons
Completed1937 - Eriksbergs Mekaniske Verkstads A/B, Gothenburg 
OwnerRederi-A/B Svenska Lloyd, Gothenburg 
HomeportGothenburg 
Date of attack22 Jan 1940Nationality:      Swedish
 
FateSunk by U-51 (Dietrich Knorr)
Position57.46N, 09.50W - Grid AM 2689
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Complement23 (12 dead and 11 survivors).
Convoy
RouteUddevalla, Sweden (17 Jan) - Genoa, Italy 
CargoPaper pulp and sulphate 
History Completed in August 1937 
Notes on loss

At 09.33 hours on 22 Jan, 1940, the neutral Gothia was hit in the bow by a torpedo from U-51, developed a list to port and sank after one hour about 45 miles west by north of St. Kilda, Scotland. Three crew members were lost. The Germans did not see the nationality markings and only identified the vessel after she was already hit. The survivors abandoned ship in two lifeboats and one of them reached the Hebrides, but the other with 9 occupants was never seen again.

 


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