Italian submarine fates

Ships hit by Italian submarines

Type	Cargo ship
Country	Greek
Built	1919	GRT	5,101

Date of attack	15 Jan 1941	Time	2120 2100 (e)
Fate	Sunk by submarine Luigi Torelli (C.F. Primo Longobardo)
Position of attack	52° 33'N, 24° 13'W
Complement	31 (17 dead and 14 survivors)
Convoy	OB 272
Notes	At 1625 hours, smokes were sighted on the horizon. As Torelli closed, it was determined that it was a convoy steering 230° at 8-9 knots. At 2120 hours, she attacked the leading ship in the formation, firing a stern shot (533mm, S.I. type) from a distance of 400 metres. It hit somewhere between the bridge and the stem. This was the Greek *Nemea* (5,101 GRT, built 1919) of convoy O.B. 272. The vessel was initially abandoned but then boarded by twenty survivors from the Norwegian *Brask* and rejoined by the Greek survivors. They attempted to get her underway, but she was finally abandoned on 17th January 1940. Fourteen of the Greek crew were rescued and seventeen perished.