Calabria
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| Name | Calabria | ||
| Type: | Steam passenger ship | ||
| Tonnage | 9.515 tons | ||
| Completed | 1922 - AG Weser, Bremen | ||
| Owner | British India Steam Navigation Co Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 8 Dec, 1940 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-103 (Viktor Schütze) | ||
| Position | 52.43N, 18.07W - Grid AL 9612 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 381 (360 dead and 21 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | SLS-56 (straggler) | ||
| Route | Calcutta - Freetown - Belfast - Liverpool | ||
| Cargo | 4000 tons of iron, 3050 tons of tea and 1870 tons of oilcake | ||
| History | Built as German Werra for Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen; 1935 renamed Italian Calabria for Società Anonima di Navigazione Lloyd Triestino, Trieste On 11 Jun, 1940, the Calabria was seized by Britian in the drydock of Calcutta and was transferred to the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). The name Empire Inventor was allocated, but she was sunk before being renamed. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 20.58 hours on 8 Dec, 1940, the Calabria (Master David Lonie), a straggler from convoy SLS-56, was torpedoed and sunk by U-103 295 miles 262° from Slyne Head, Co. Galway. The master, 128 crew members, one gunner and 230 Indian seaman (crews for other ships) were lost. 21 crew members were picked up by the British destroyer HMS Sikh (F 82) (Cdr G.H. Stokes) and landed at Londonderry. | ||
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