Ships hit by U-boats


Tolosa

Norwegian Steam merchant


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NameTolosa
Type:Steam merchant
Tonnage1,974 tons
Completed1930 - Smith´s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank, Middlesbrough 
OwnerFearnley & Eger, Oslo 
HomeportOslo 
Date of attack9 Feb 1942Nationality:      Norwegian
 
FateSunk by U-108 (Klaus Scholtz)
Position34° 40'N, 73° 50'W - Grid DC 2118
Complement22 (22 dead - no survivors)
Convoy
RouteKingston, Jamacia (1 Feb) - Chester, Pennsylvania 
Cargo 
History  
Notes on event

At 21.18 hours on 9 Feb 1942 the unarmed and unescorted Tolosa (Master Harald N. Kruse) was hit underneath the funnel by one G7e torpedo from U-108 and sank fast by the bow after a boiler explosion. The U-boat surfaced and saw survivors clinging to swamped lifeboats, but could not assist them due the danger of an air attack. The ship was reported missing when she did not arrive in Chester on 10 February as expected.

 
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