Lima
| Name | Lima | ||
| Type: | Motor merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 3.764 tons | ||
| Completed | 1918 - Burmeister & Wain´s Maskin & Skibsbyggeri A/S, Copenhagen | ||
| Owner | Rederi-A/B Nordstjernan (Axel Axelson Johnson), Stockholm | ||
| Homeport | Stockholm | ||
| Date of attack | 13 Sep, 1942 | Nationality:  Swedish | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-506 (Erich Würdemann) | ||
| Position | 02.35N, 11.22W - Grid EU 7877 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 33 (3 dead and 30 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Cochin - Bombay - Capetown - Freetown - UK | ||
| Cargo | 2500 tons of manganese ore, 2500 tons of tea and 1500 tons of tobacco | ||
| History | On 4 Aug, 1940, the Norwegian motor merchant Sofie Bakke (5461 tons) sank after a collision with Lima when that ship ran into her while maneuvering in the convoy about 5 miles east of Buchannes. No casualties. | ||
| Notes on loss | |||
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