Ships hit by U-boats


Otina

British Motor tanker



Photo courtesy of Danish Maritime Museum, Elsinore

NameOtina
Type:Motor tanker
Tonnage6,217 tons
Completed1938 - Odense Staalskibsværft ved A.P. Møller, Odense 
OwnerAnglo-Saxon Petroleum Co Ltd, London 
HomeportLondon 
Date of attack20 Dec 1942Nationality:      British
 
FateSunk by U-621 (Max Kruschka)
Position47° 40'N, 33° 06'W - Grid BD 5226
Complement60 (60 dead - no survivors)
ConvoyON-153 (straggler)
RouteBelfast - New York 
CargoBallast 
History Completed in May 1938 
Notes on event

At 20.21 hours on 20 Dec 1942 the Otina (Master Robert Ranson), a straggler from convoy ON-153, was hit by two torpedoes from U-621 and sank at 21.06 hours west of Ireland. The master, 52 crew members and seven gunners were lost.

 
On boardWe have details of 60 people who were on board


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