Ships hit by U-boats


Neva

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NameNeva
Type:Steam merchant
Tonnage1,456 tons
Completed1928 - Helsingborgs Varfs A/B, Helsingborg 
OwnerA/B Transmarin (Sven Redig), Helsingborg 
HomeportHelsingborg 
Date of attack22 Jan 1943Nationality:      Swedish
 
FateSunk by U-358 (Rolf Manke)
Position61.35N, 14.15W - Grid AE 8575
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Complement21 (19 dead and 2 survivors).
ConvoyUR-59
RouteBarry - Loch Ewe (19 Jan) - Reykjavik 
CargoCoal 
History Completed in January 1928 
Notes on loss

At 06.26 hours on 22 Jan, 1943, the Neva in convoy UR-59 was hit by one torpedo from U-358 and sank by the stern about 500 miles west of the Shetland Islands.

 


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