Astra II
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| Name | Astra II | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 2,393 tons | ||
| Completed | 1920 - Clyde Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Port Glasgow | ||
| Owner | J.S. Stranaghan & Co Ltd, Cardiff | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 29 Aug 1940 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-100 (Joachim Schepke) | ||
| Position | 56.09N, 12.14W - Grid AM 2952 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 25 (5 dead and 20 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | OA-204 | ||
| Route | Tyne - Rimouski, New Brunswick | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | Built as Saphir, 1922 renamed Ferm, 1929 sold to Denmark and renamed Astra for C.P. Jensen, Copenhagen. In May 1940 taken over by Britain and renamed Astra II by the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). | ||
| Notes on loss | At 01.40 hours on 29 Aug, 1940, the Astra II (Master Carl Niels Nielson) in convoy OA-204 was torpedoed and sunk by U-100 148 miles northwest of Bloody Foreland. Four crew members and one gunner were lost. The master and 19 crew members were picked up by the British minesweeper HMS Gleaner (N 83) (LtCdr H.P. Price DSO). | ||
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