Biela
Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Biela | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5.298 tons | ||
| Completed | 1918 - Short Bros, Pallion, Sunderland | ||
| Owner | Lamport & Holt Ltd, Liverpool | ||
| Homeport | Liverpool | ||
| Date of attack | 15 Feb, 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-98 (Robert Gysae) | ||
| Position | 42.55N, 45.40W - Grid CC 3675 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 49 (49 dead - no survivors) | ||
| Convoy | ON-62 (dispersed) | ||
| Route | Liverpool (1 Feb) - Buenos Aires | ||
| Cargo | General cargo | ||
| History | Completed in September 1918 as War Mastiff for J. & C. Harrison, London. 1919 sold to Lamport & Holt Ltd, Liverpool and renamed Biela. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 00.26 hours on 15 Feb, 1942, the Biela (Master David Anderson), dispersed from convoy ON-62, was torpedoed and sunk by U-98 about 400 miles southwest of Cape Race. The master, 43 crew members and five gunners were lost. | ||
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