Cathrine
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| Name | Cathrine | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 1,885 tons | ||
| Completed | 1904 - Osbourne, Graham & Co Ltd, North Hylton, Sunderland | ||
| Owner | Alexander Inkapööl (E. Jakobson & others), Tallinn | ||
| Homeport | Panama | ||
| Date of attack | 24 Jun 1940 | Nationality:  Panaman | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-47 (Günther Prien) | ||
| Position | 50.08N, 14W - Grid BE 3292 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 19 (0 dead and 19 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Jacksonville (5 Jun) - London | ||
| Cargo | General cargo and wheat | ||
| History | Completed in March 1904 as Russian Inzhener Avdakov (Engineer Avdakoff) for P. Regier & Sons, Odessa. 1920 taken over by Britain and renamed Silverlight for Shamrock Shipping Co Ltd (H.A. Brightman & Co), London. 1939 sold to Estonia and renamed Cathrine for Alexander Inkapööl, Tallinn. In April 1940 registered in Panama for the same owner. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 02.48 hours on 24 Jun, 1940, U-47 opened fire with the deck gun at the unescorted Cathrine in heavy seas after two torpedoes had missed the vessel at 02.18 and 02.41 hours. They fired 113 rounds and scored 12 hits that caused the ship to sink after 52 minutes. The crew abandoned ship in one lifeboat, were questioned by the Germans and provided with food and two bottles of red wine. The survivors were rescued and landed at Milford Haven. | ||
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