Cato
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| Name | Cato | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 710 tons | ||
| Completed | 1914 - Campbeltown Shipbuilding Co, Campbeltown, Argyllshire | ||
| Owner | Bristol Steam Navigation Co Ltd, Bristol | ||
| Homeport | Bristol | ||
| Date of attack | 3 Mar 1940 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-29 (Otto Schuhart) | ||
| Position | 51.24N, 03.37W - Grid AM 9947 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 15 (13 dead and 2 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Dublin - Bristol | ||
| Cargo | 400 tons of general cargo | ||
| History | Completed in June 1914 | ||
| Notes on loss | On 3 Mar, 1940, the Cato (Master Richard Martin) struck a mine laid on 2 March by U-29 and sank 2.5 miles west of Nash Point in the Bristol Channel. The master, ten crew members and two gunners were lost. Two crew members were picked up by HMS Akita (FY 610) (Chief Skipper W.A. Watson, DSC, RNR). | ||
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