Nairung
| Name | Nairung | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5.414 tons | ||
| Completed | 1942 - Lithgows Ltd, Port Glasgow | ||
| Owner | Asiatic Steam Navigation Co Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 18 Aug, 1944 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-862 (Heinrich Timm) | ||
| Position | 15S, 45E - Grid KE 2342 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 92 (92 dead - no survivors) | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Durban (13 Aug) - Dar es Salaam, Tanganyika - Bombay | ||
| Cargo | General cargo, including ammunition | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | On 18 Aug, 1944, the Nairung (Master John Murray) was torpedoed by U-862 from a distance of roughly 1000 metres northeast of Mozambique. The ship blew up in such a violent explosion that some crewmen aboard the U-boat thought that they had been struck by their own torpedo, while debris struck the U-boat without damaging her. Timm inspected the location of the sinking, but no survivors were found. The engineers recovered some copper wire from wreckage. | ||
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