Ships hit by U-boats


Thiara

British Motor tanker


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NameThiara
Type:Motor tanker
Tonnage10,364 tons
Completed1939 - Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd, Wallsend, Sunderland 
OwnerAnglo-Saxon Petroleum Co Ltd, London 
HomeportLondon 
Date of attack27 Jul 1940Nationality:      British
 
FateSunk by U-34 (Wilhelm Rollmann)
Position56° 37'N, 17° 56'W - Grid AL 3991
Complement61 (25 dead and 36 survivors).
ConvoyOB-188
RouteFalmouth - Milford Haven - CuraƧao 
CargoBallast 
History  
Notes on event

At 03.13 hours on 27 July 1940 the Thiara (Master Robert William Thompson) in convoy OB-188 was hit in the bow by a G7e torpedo from U-34 and sank about 170 miles southwest of Rockall. 25 crew members were lost. The master, 31 crew members and four passengers were picked up by HMS Winchelsea (D 46) (LtCdr W.A.F. Hawkins) and landed at Liverpool.

 
On boardWe have details of 26 people who were on board


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