Cardita
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| Name | Cardita | ||
| Type: | Motor tanker | ||
| Tonnage | 8,237 tons | ||
| Completed | 1931 - Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd, Wallsend, Sunderland | ||
| Owner | Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 31 Dec 1941 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-87 (Joachim Berger) | ||
| Position | 59.18N, 12.50W - Grid AM 2574 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 60 (27 dead and 33 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | HX-166 (straggler) | ||
| Route | Curaçao - Shellhaven | ||
| Cargo | 11.500 tons of motor spirit and white spirit | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 19.54 hours on 31 Dec, 1941, the Cardita (Master John Osmond Evans), a straggler from convoy HX-166, was torpedoed by U-87 110 miles 307° from St.Kilda. The vessel foundered in 59°42N/11°58W on 3 January. 27 crew members were lost. The master, 16 crew members and six gunners were picked up by the HMS Onslow (G 17) (Capt H.T. Armstrong DSC) and ten crew members by the HMS Sabre (H 18) (Lt Peter W. Gretton OBE DSC) and landed at Reykjavik. | ||
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