Ganda
Portuguese Steam merchant
| Name | Ganda | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4,333 tons | ||
| Completed | 1907 - Flensburger Schiffsbau-Ges., Flensburg | ||
| Owner | Companhia Colonial de Navegação, Lisbon | ||
| Homeport | Loanda | ||
| Date of attack | 20 Jun 1941 | Nationality:  Portuguese | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-123 (Reinhard Hardegen) | ||
| Position | 34.10N, 11.40W - Grid DJ 1169 | ||
| Complement | 66 (5 dead and 61 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Lisbon - Luanda, Angola - Mozambique | ||
| Cargo | General cargo, including port wine | ||
| History | Completed in April 1907 as Plauen for Deutsch-Australische DG, Hamburg. 1920 transferred to Britain and renamed City of Milan for Ellerman Lines Ltd, London. 1930 sold to Portugal and renamed Ganda. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 20.10 hours on 20 Jun, 1941, the unescorted and neutral Ganda was hit near the engine room by one of two torpedoes from U-123 off Casablanca. After the crew abandoned ship, she was hit by a coup de grâce at 20.19 hours. When the ship settled but did not sink, the U-boat surfaced and sank her by gunfire. As the Germans approached the lifeboats for questioning they noticed their mistake of sinking a neutral ship and left. After the patrol the war diary was altered upon order of the BdU. The second officer, the chief engineer, a crewman and two passengers were lost and 19 others wounded. The master, 46 crew members and 14 passengers abandoned ship in a motorboat and a lifeboat. The 26 occupants of the lifeboat were picked up by a ship and landed in Lisbon on 22 June. The 42 occupants of the motorboat were later picked up by a Spanish trawler about 300 miles from the coast and landed at Huelva. | ||
Location of attack on Ganda.
ship sunk.
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