Rhone
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| Name | Rhone | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 1.064 tons | ||
| Completed | 1916 - Kjobenhavns Flydedok & Skibsværft A/S, Copenhagen | ||
| Owner | Det Forenede Dampskibs Selskab, Copenhagen | ||
| Homeport | Copenhagen | ||
| Date of attack | 16 Feb, 1940 | Nationality:  Danish | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-14 (Herbert Wohlfarth) | ||
| Position | 58.18N, 01.46W - Grid AN 1699 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | ? men (9 dead and ? survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Methil - Esbjerg, Denmark | ||
| Cargo | Coal | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 23.15 hours on 15 Feb, 1940, U-14 spotted two steamers in a line and an escort and fired at 23.40 hours a torpedo at the second ship that detonated prematurely. This ship was the Sleipner, which sank after being hit in the bow by a second torpedo at 23.55 hours. The other steamer, the Rhone stopped to rescue survivors and sent distress signals, but was also hit by a torpedo at 00.00 hours on 16 February and sank. All crew members from Sleipner and the survivors from Rhone were rescued: 12 by HMS Kipling (F 91) (Cdr A. St. Clair-Ford, RN) and 39 by the Swedish trawler Standard. On 19 February, HMS Eclipse (H 08) (LtCdr E. Mack, DSC, RN) picked up two bodies from a raft of the Rhone in 58°40N/01°05W. | ||
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