Shahristan
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| Name | Shahristan | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 6.935 tons | ||
| Completed | 1938 - J. Readhead & Sons Ltd, South Shields | ||
| Owner | F.C. Strick & Co Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 30 Jul, 1941 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-371 (Heinrich Driver) | ||
| Position | 35.19N, 23.53W - Grid CF 7866 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 141 (65 dead and 76 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | OS-1 (dispersed) | ||
| Route | London - Clyde - Basrah | ||
| Cargo | 68 passengers, government stores and general cargo | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 01.38 hours on 30 Jul, 1941, the Shahristan (Master Eric Henry Wilson), dispersed from convoy OS-1, was torpedoed and sunk by U-371 southeast of the Azores. The master, 38 crew members and 26 passengers were lost. 33 survivors were picked up by the Spanish tanker Campeche and 37 survivors by the HMS Sunflower (K 41) (LtCdr J.T. Jones) and landed at Ponta Delgada, Azores. Six survivors were rescued by HMS Derbyshire (F 78) (Capt E.A.B. Stanley DSO MVO) and landed at Gourock. | ||
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