Vistula
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| Name | Vistula | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 1,018 tons | ||
| Completed | 1919 - De Haan & Oerlemans, Heusden | ||
| Owner | Rederi-A/B Sylvia (Albert Billner), Gothenburg | ||
| Homeport | Gothenburg | ||
| Date of attack | 8 Oct 1939 | Nationality:  Swedish | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-37 (Werner Hartmann) | ||
| Position | Grid AF 7974 - See estimated map location (61.00N00.48E) * | ||
| Complement | 18 (9 dead and 9 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Gothenburg (3 Oct) - Hull | ||
| Cargo | General cargo, including steel and paper pulp | ||
| History | Completed in August 1919 as Danish Markersdal for A.W. Andersen. 1923 renamed Netta for W.C. Lynn & Co. 1929 sold to Sweden and renamed Bara for Sydsvenske Rederi-A/B (Sven P. Larsson), Malmö. 1937 renamed Vistula for Rederi-A/B Sylvia (Albert Billner), Gothenburg. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 14.04 hours on 8 Oct, 1939, the neutral Vistula was stopped by U-37 with a shot across her bow about 45 miles north of Muckle Flugga, Shetlands. It was found that the ship was carrying contraband and she was sunk with 14 rounds from the deck gun at 15.00 hours. The crew abandoned ship in two lifeboats, was provided by the Germans with food and then set sails for the nearby Shetlands. | ||
* Estimated position shown here is based on positions of losses in a roughly the same German grid code. It may be a bit off but should give a good idea as to where the attack took place.
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