Maas
| Name | Maas | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 1.966 tons | ||
| Completed | 1920 - A. Vuijk & Zonen, Capelle an der Ijssel | ||
| Owner | NV Houtvaart (Vinke & Co), Rotterdam | ||
| Homeport | Rotterdam | ||
| Date of attack | 11 Sep, 1940 | Nationality:  Dutch | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-28 (Günter Kuhnke) | ||
| Position | 55.34N, 15.56W - Grid AL 6369 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 22 (20 dead and 2 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | OA-210 | ||
| Route | Sunderland - Rimouski | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | Between 03.26 and 03.28 hours on 11 Sep, 1940, U-28 fired torpedoes at the convoy OA-210 southwest of Rockall and observed hits on two ships and heard a detonation on a third. However, the Maas (Master H. Kuyper) was sunk and the Harpenden severily damaged. | ||
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