Fort la Maune
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| Name | Fort la Maune | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant (North Sands) | ||
| Tonnage | 7.130 tons | ||
| Completed | 1942 - Davie Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd, Lauzon PQ | ||
| Owner | Booth Steamship Co Ltd (Booth Line), Liverpool | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 25 Jan, 1944 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-188 (Siegfried Lüdden) | ||
| Position | 13.04N, 56.30E - Grid MQ 5474 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 56 (0 dead and 56 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | New York - Bari - Suez - Aden - Cochin - Vizagapatam - Calcutta | ||
| Cargo | 8130 tons of general cargo and military stores | ||
| History | Completed May 1942 for US War Shipping Administration (WSA), lend-leased on bareboat charter to British Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). | ||
| Notes on loss | On 25 Jan, 1944, the unescorted Fort la Maune (Master James William Binns OBE) was struck by one torpedo from U-188 and sunk east-northeast of Socotra Island. The master, 48 crew members and seven gunners landed on the Arabian coast and were brought by HMS Nigella (K 19) (Lt C.L.L. Davies) to Aden, arriving on 6 February. | ||
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