Fidra
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| Name | Fidra | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 1,574 tons | ||
| Completed | 1936 - Burntisland Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Burntisland | ||
| Owner | Glen & Co Ltd, Glasgow | ||
| Homeport | Glasgow | ||
| Date of attack | 5 Mar 1943 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-130 (Siegfried Keller) | ||
| Position | 43.50N, 14.46W - Grid BE 9495 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 29 (17 dead and 12 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | XK-2 | ||
| Route | Almeira - Barrow | ||
| Cargo | 2300 tons of iron ore | ||
| History | Completed in September 1936 | ||
| Notes on loss | At 17.45 hours on 5 Mar, 1943, U-130 attacked the convoy XK-2 northwest of Lisbon and sank four ships, the Fidra, Empire Tower, Trefusis and Ger-y-Bryn. The master, 13 crew members and three gunners from the Fidra (Master Hugh McLarty) were lost. Nine crew members and three gunners were picked up by HMS Coreopsis (K 32) (T/Lt B.C. Hamilton, RNR), transferred to HMS Loch Oskaig (FY 175) (Lt G.F.S. Clampitt) and landed at Londonderry. | ||
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