Pluto
Finnish Steam merchant
Pluto under her former name Yankalilla. Photo courtesy of State Library of South Australia, PRG 280/1/33/167
| Name | Pluto | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 3,496 tons | ||
| Completed | 1907 - Richardson, Duck & Co, Stockton-on-Tees | ||
| Owner | Rederi-A/B Pluto (Emanuel Erikson), Mariehamn | ||
| Homeport | Mariehamn | ||
| Date of attack | 28 Jun 1941 | Nationality:  Finnish | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-146 (Otto Ites) | ||
| Position | 59° 21'N, 7° 48'W - Grid AM 3381 | ||
| Complement | 39 (3 dead and 36 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | South America - New York - Petsamo | ||
| Cargo | 4000 tons of grain, 1114 tons of coal and 237 tons of oil | ||
| History | Completed in July 1907 as Lady Lewis for Lady Lewis SS Co Ltd (W.J. Tatem & Co), Cardiff. 1912 sold to Australia and renamed Yankalilla for The Adelaide SS Co Ltd, Melbourne. 1929 sold to Sweden and renamed Bolivia for Rederi A/B Ovidia (C.I. Morin), Gothenburg. 1930 renamed Pluto for Rederi A/B Iris (C. Abrahamsen), Stockholm. 1932 sold to Finland. | ||
| Notes on event | At 02.07 hours on 28 June 1941 the unescorted and unarmed Pluto (Master Fritjof Ejder) was hit in the engine room by one torpedo from U-146 and sank after 30 minutes about 75 miles northwest of Butt of Lewis. Eight days earlier, the ship had been stopped by HMS Suffolk (55) (Capt R.M. Ellis, RN) in the Denmark Strait in position 67°41N/21°52W and was first sent to Iceland with ten Royal Marines on board and then to Kirkwall for contraband control. The master, 25 crew members and the prize crew were rescued by HMS Northern Duke (4.11) (Lt G.C.W. Meldrum, RD, RNR) and landed at Kirkwall on 29 June. | ||
| On board | We have details of 1 people who were on board. | ||
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