Katvaldis
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| Name | Katvaldis | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 3.163 tons | ||
| Completed | 1907 - J. Blumer & Co Ltd, Sunderland | ||
| Owner | Stockwood, Rees & Co Ltd, Swansea | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| 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 | Built as Duke of York, 1911 renamed Magdalene, 1915 renamed Hallfried, 1926 renamed Henry W. Breyer, 1927 renamed Odile, 1929 renamed Latvian Katvaldis for D. Tomsons, 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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