Lifland
British Steam merchant
Photo courtesy of Danish Maritime Museum, Elsinore
| Name | Lifland | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 2,254 tons | ||
| Completed | 1920 - Odense Staalskibsværft ved A.P. Møller, Odense | ||
| Owner | George Nisbet & Co, Glasgow | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 29 Sep 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-610 (Walter von Freyberg-Eisenberg-Allmendingen) | ||
| Position | 56.40N, 30.30W - Grid AL 4244 | ||
| Complement | 29 (29 dead - no survivors) | ||
| Convoy | SC-101 (straggler) | ||
| Route | Pictou, Nova Scotia - Milford Haven | ||
| Cargo | Timber | ||
| History | Completed in February 1921 as Danish Lifland for A.N. Petersen & E. Hahn-Petersen, Copenhagen. 1940 taken over by Britain and transferred to the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). | ||
| Notes on loss | At 20.58 hours on 29 Sep, 1942, the Lifland (Master Niels Jensen), a straggler from convoy SC-101, was torpedoed by U-610 southeast of Cape Farewell and sunk by a coup de grâce at 21.17 hours. The master, 25 crew members and three gunners were lost. | ||
| Crewlists | We have listing of 29 people who were on this vessel | ||
Location of attack on Lifland.
ship sunk.
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