Columbine
South African Steam merchant
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| Name | Columbine | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 3,268 tons | ||
| Completed | 1921 - Submarine Boat Corp, Newark NJ | ||
| Owner | Union Government of South Africa, Capetown | ||
| Homeport | Capetown | ||
| Date of attack | 16 Jun 1944 | Nationality:  South African | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-198 (Burkhard Heusinger von Waldegg) | ||
| Position | 32.44S, 17.22E - Grid GR 4931 | ||
| Complement | 26 (23 dead and 29 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Congo River - Luanda (9 Jun) - Capetown | ||
| Cargo | Timber | ||
| History | Ordered as Kaboka, completed in March 1921 as Sunugentco for US Shipping Board (USSB). 1931 renamed Admiral Laws for Pacific SS Lines Ltd Inc, San Francisco. 1940 sold to Thailand and renamed Suriyothai Nawa for Thai Niyom Panich Co Ltd, Bangkok. 1942 seized by South Africa and renamed Columbine. | ||
| Notes on loss | On 16 Jun, 1944, the unescorted Columbine (Master Andre Reidar Simensen) was hit on the port side just abaft the engine room by one torpedo from U-198 25 miles northwest of Cape Castle, South West Africa. The crew began to abandon ship in the four lifeboats, but after 8 minutes the ship was hit by a coup de grāce and sank within two minutes. The master, 19 crew members and three gunners were lost. 26 crew members, one gunner and two passengers were picked up by patrol craft and taken to Capetown. | ||
| Crewlists | We have listing of 2 people who were on this vessel | ||
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