Tuira
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| Name | Tuira | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4.397 tons | ||
| Completed | 1912 - Bartram & Sons Ltd, South Dock, Sunderland | ||
| Owner | Tuira SS Co Ltd (N.A. Kydoniefs, Athens), Panama | ||
| Homeport | Panama | ||
| Date of attack | 20 Aug, 1940 | Nationality:  Panaman | |
| Fate | Sunk by UA (Hans Cohausz) | ||
| Position | 54.46N, 20.30W - Grid AL 8723 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | ? men (2 dead and ? survivors). | ||
| Convoy | OB-198 (straggler) | ||
| Route | Manchester - Rosario | ||
| Cargo | Coal | ||
| History | Built as Orpheus, 1917 renamed Craigwen, 1920 renamed Bellfield, 1932 sold to Greece and renamed Andriotis, 1939 renamed Tuira and registered in Panama. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 00.27 hours on 20 Aug, 1940, the Tuira, a straggler from convoy OB-198, was hit by a G7a torpedo from UA and sank after a boiler explosion within 8 minutes southwest of Rockall. The survivors were questioned by the Germans and they asked for the course to Norway because they did not want to go back to England. | ||
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