Peter Mærsk
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| Name | Peter Mærsk | ||
| Type: | Motor merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5.476 tons | ||
| Completed | 1932 - Odense Staalskibsværft ved A.P. Møller, Odense | ||
| Owner | Alfred Holt & Co, Liverpool | ||
| Homeport | Hull | ||
| Date of attack | 7 Dec, 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-185 (August Maus) | ||
| Position | 39.47N, 41.00W - Grid CD 5283 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 67 (67 dead - no survivors) | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Liverpool - Saldanha Bay, South Africa - Capetown - Aden - Alexandria | ||
| Cargo | 5244 tons of government stores and general cargo | ||
| History | Built as Danish Peter Mærsk for A.P. Møller, Copenhagen. 1940 taken over by Britain and transferred to the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). | ||
| Notes on loss | At 03.40 hours on 7 Dec, 1942, the unescorted Peter Mærsk (Master Otto Aggerholm) was torpedoed by U-185 west of the Azores and was missed by a first coup de grâce at 04.30 hours, but sank after two coups de grâce hit at 04.52 and 05.31 hours. The master, 56 crew members, eight gunners and two passengers were lost. | ||
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