Induna
Photo courtesy of the Allen Collection
| Name | Induna | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5.086 tons | ||
| Completed | 1925 - A. Stephen & Sons Ltd, Linthouse, Glasgow | ||
| Owner | Maclay & McIntyre Ltd, Glasgow | ||
| Homeport | Glasgow | ||
| Date of attack | 30 Mar, 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-376 (Friedrich-Karl Marks) | ||
| Position | 70.55N, 37.18E - Grid AC 8533 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 50 (27 dead and 23 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | PQ-13 (straggler) | ||
| Route | New York - Reykjavik (20 Mar) - Murmansk | ||
| Cargo | 2700 tons of war material and gasoline | ||
| History | Completed in May 1925 | ||
| Notes on loss | At 08.07 hours on 30 Mar, 1942, the Induna (Master William Norman Collins), a straggler from convoy PQ-13 due to bad weather, was torpedoed by U-376 northeast of Kola Inlet. The ship was sunk at 09.39 hours by a coup de grāce. The master, 20 crew members and six gunners were lost. 19 crew members and four gunners were picked up by a Soviet minesweeper and landed at Murmansk. | ||
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