Tambour
Tambour under her former name Fidra
| Name | Tambour | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 1.827 tons | ||
| Completed | 1917 - Fredriksstad Mekaniske Verksted A/S, Fredriksstad | ||
| Owner | Alcoa SS Co, New York | ||
| Homeport | Panama | ||
| Date of attack | 26 Sep, 1942 | Nationality:  Panaman | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-175 (Heinrich Bruns) | ||
| Position | 08.50N, 59.50W - Grid EO 1495 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 32 (8 dead and 24 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Paramaribo - Trinidad | ||
| Cargo | 2585 tons of bauxite | ||
| History | Built as Lisa Brodin, 1922 renamed Eidsfos and 1927 sold to Finland and renamed Fidra for Rederi-A/B Europa, Turku. On 27 Dec, 1941, the Finnish Fidra was seized at St.Thomas, Virgin Islands by the US under an Executive Order and turned over to the US War Shipping Administration (WSA), which renamed the ship Tambour and assigned the Panamanian registered ship to the Alcoa SS Co under a Bareboat Charter on 9 Jan, 1942 and on 2 May on a GAA agreement at Claymont, Delaware. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 12.25 hours on 26 Sep, 1942, the unescorted Tambour (Master Halfdan Morland) was hit on the starboard side between #3 and #4 hatches by one torpedo from U-175 and sank within one minute. The master and seven crew members were lost. 21 crew members and three armed guards had to abandon ship by jumping overboard and rescued themselves on rafts that floated free. The survivors were picked up the next day by the Norwegian motor merchant Thalatta and landed at Port of Spain on 28 September. | ||
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