Loire
| Name | Loire | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4.285 tons | ||
| Completed | 1928 - Lithgows Ltd, Port Glasgow | ||
| Owner | Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, Paris | ||
| Homeport | Le Havre | ||
| Date of attack | 13 Nov, 1939 | Nationality:  French | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-26 (Klaus Ewerth) | ||
| Position | 36.16N, 02.13W - Grid CH 7537 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | ? men (? dead - no survivors) | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Oran (12 Nov) - Dunkirk | ||
| Cargo | |||
| History | Built as Irrawaddy, 1938 renamed Loire | ||
| Notes on loss | At 03.40 hours on 13 Nov, 1939, the unescorted Loire was hit by two torpedoes from U-26 and sank within 30 seconds near Malaga, Spain. The Loire was reported missing after leaving Oran, only wreckage was later found ashore near Malaga. In November 1939, U-26 was the first German U-boat that operated in the Mediterranean in World War 2, she left the Mediterranean again after a few days through the Strait of Gibraltar. | ||
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