Katvaldis
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| Name | Katvaldis | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 3,163 tons | ||
| Completed | 1907 - J. Blumer & Co Ltd, North Dock, Sunderland | ||
| Owner | Stockwood, Rees & Co Ltd, Swansea | ||
| Homeport | Port Talbot | ||
| Date of attack | 25 Aug 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-605 (Herbert-Viktor Schütze) | ||
| Position | 48.55N, 35.10W - Grid BD 1676 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 43 (3 dead and 40 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | ON-122 | ||
| Route | Cardiff (12 Aug) - Milford Haven - Sydney - Clarke City, Quebec | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | Completed in May 1907 as British Duke Of York for Robinson Bros SS Co Ltd, Whitby. 1911 sold to Norway and renamed Magdalene for A/S Magdalene (Hjalmar Røed & Co), Tønsberg. 1915 renamed Hallfried for A/S D/S Hallfried (P. Kleppe), Bergen. On 19 Apr, 1920, badly damaged by fire in New York and sold to a local shipyard. Laid up after repairs were completed in April 1922. 1925 renamed Henry W. Breyer for New York & Florida Navigation Co, New York. 1927 sold to Canada and renamed Odile for A.C. Elliott & Co of Canada Ltd (D.G. Pinkney & Co), London. 1930 sold to Latvia and renamed Katvaldis for J. & A. Karklins, Thomsons & Co (D. Thomsons), Riga. 1940 taken over by Britain and transferred to Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). | ||
| Notes on loss | At 01.39 hours on 25 Aug, 1942, U-605 fired a spread of four torpedoes and one minute later the stern torpedo at the convoy ON-122 southeast of Cape Farewell. Three detonations were heard and one burning and one sinking ship were observed. Schütze reported one ship sunk and two damaged. In fact, the Katvaldis and Sheaf Mount were sunk. Three crew members from the Katvaldis (Master Ints Lejnieks) were lost. The master, 31 crew members and eight gunners were picked up by the British rescue ship Stockport (Master Thomas Ernest Fea, OBE) and landed at Halifax on 1 September. | ||
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