Italian submarine fates
Ships hit by Italian submarines
Nemea
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. |