Effna
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| Name | Effna | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 6,461 tons | ||
| Completed | 1919 - Skinner & Eddy Corp, Seattle WA | ||
| Owner | Campbell Brothers & Co, Newcastle-upon-Tyne | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 28 Feb 1941 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-108 (Klaus Scholtz) | ||
| Position | 61.30N, 15.45W - Grid AL 3264 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 33 (33 dead - no survivors) | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Baltimore - Halifax - Newport, Mon | ||
| Cargo | 7516 tons of steel and trucks | ||
| History | Built as American Effna for US Maritime Commission, Washington DC and later transferred to the reserve fleet. 1940 transferred to the British Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). | ||
| Notes on loss | At 23.32 hours on 28 Feb, 1941, the unescorted Effna (Master Robert Penney Robertson) was torpedoed and sunk by U-108 southeast of Iceland. The master and 32 crew members were lost. | ||
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