Kioto
Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Kioto | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 3.297 tons | ||
| Completed | 1918 - W. Gray & Co, West Hartlepool | ||
| Owner | Ellerman Lines Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | Liverpool | ||
| Date of attack | 15 Sep, 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-514 (Hans-Jürgen Auffermann) | ||
| Position | 11.05N, 60.46W - Grid ED 9952 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 74 (5 dead and 69 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Diego Suarez, Madagascar - Capetown (22 Aug) - Trinidad - Baltimore | ||
| Cargo | 2000 tons of chrome ore | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 15.17 hours on 15 Sep, 1942, the unescorted Kioto (Master Arthur Lloyd Beckett) was torpedoed by U-514 east of Tobago. The ship went aground at Columbus Point, Tobago, after being again torpedoed at 15.24 hours. At 01.32 hours on 16 September, the U-boat fired 20 shells into the ship, which caught fire and completely burned out. Four crew members and one gunner were lost. The master, 65 crew members and three gunners were rescued by the Trinidad government ship Trinidad and landed at Scarborough, Tobago. | ||
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