Sliedrecht
| Name | Sliedrecht | ||
| Type: | Motor tanker | ||
| Tonnage | 5.133 tons | ||
| Completed | 1924 - NV Rotterdamsche Droogdok Mij, Rotterdam | ||
| Owner | NV Phs. van Ommeren´s Scheepvaartbedrijf, Rotterdam | ||
| Homeport | Rotterdam | ||
| Date of attack | 17 Nov, 1939 | Nationality:  Dutch | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-28 (Günter Kuhnke) | ||
| Position | Grid AM 5142 - See estimated map location (55.20N10.33W) * | ||
| Complement | 31 (26 dead and 5 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Abadan - Gibraltar - Kirkwall - Trondheim - Svolvær | ||
| Cargo | 6600 tons of benzine, kerosene and gas oil | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | In the late evening on 16 Nov, 1939, U-28 stopped the neutral Sliedrecht about 200 miles south of Rockall and examined the documents of the ship. They showed that the tanker was ordered by the British authorities in Gibraltar to go to Kirkwall for a closer inspection of the cargo. Kuhnke therefore ordered the crew to abandon ship and sank her with a torpedo at 00.20 hours on 17 November. Five crew members in one lifeboat were picked up by the British trawler Meresia, but the other lifeboat containing 26 survivors was never seen again. | ||
* 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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