Ships hit by U-boats


Otina

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NameOtina
Type:Motor tanker
Tonnage6,217 tons
Completed1938 - Odense Staalskibsværft ved A.P. Møller, Odense 
OwnerAnglo-Saxon Petroleum Co Ltd, London 
HomeportLondon 
Date of attack20 Dec 1942Nationality:      British
 
FateSunk by U-621 (Max Kruschka)
Position47.40N, 33.06W - Grid BD 5226
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Complement60 (60 dead - no survivors)
ConvoyON-153 (straggler)
RouteBelfast - New York 
CargoBallast 
History  
Notes on loss

At 20.21 hours on 20 Dec, 1942, the Otina (Master George Lowery Forrest), a straggler from convoy ON-153, was hit by two torpedoes from U-621 and sank at 21.06 hours west of Ireland. The master, 52 crew members and seven gunners were lost.

 


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