Elle
| Name | Elle | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 3.868 tons | ||
| Completed | 1913 - Robert Thompson & Sons Ltd, Bridge Dockyard, Sunderland | ||
| Owner | Alexander Slotte, Vaasa | ||
| Homeport | Vaasa | ||
| Date of attack | 28 Aug, 1940 | Nationality:  Finnish | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-101 (Fritz Frauenheim) | ||
| Position | 57.43N, 12.18W - Grid AM 1863 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 29 (2 dead and 27 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | SC-1 | ||
| Route | Campbellton, New Brunswick - Ardrossan | ||
| Cargo | Spoolwood | ||
| History | Built as Ellerdale, 1938 renamed Elle | ||
| Notes on loss | At 04.25 hours on 28 Aug, 1940, the Elle (Master Werner Öjst) in convoy SC-1 was hit amidships by one G7e torpedo from U-101. The ship had been missed with a first G7e torpedo at 04.01 hours. The master and 26 crew members were picked up by HMS Leith (L 36) and landed at Greenock on 30 August. The sloop scuttled the vessel with two shots of gunfire in the morning. | ||
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