Italian submarine fates
Ships hit by Italian submarines
Urla
Type | Cargo ship | |||
Country | British | |||
Built | 1924 | GRT | 5,198 | |
Date of attack | 28 Jan 1941 | Time | 2100 2042 or 2130 (e) | |
Fate | Sunk by submarine Luigi Torelli (C.F. Primo Longobardo) | |||
Position of attack | 54° 54'N, 19° 00'W | |||
Complement | 42 (no casualties, 42 survivors) | |||
Convoy | ex-HX 102 | |||
Notes | At 1132 hours, a smoke was observed very far. Torelli trailed the vessel under frequent rain squalls. At 2100 hours, a single torpedo )533mm, S.I. type) was fired from a bow tube at a distance of 400 metres. It hit amidship and the vessel sank rapidly bow first. This was the British Urla (5,198 GRT, built 1924) on a voyage from Halifax to Manchester, a straggler of convoy HX 102. All forty-two crew members were later rescued. |