Dinaric
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| Name | Dinaric | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 2.555 tons | ||
| Completed | 1919 - Dunlop, Bremner & Co Ltd, Port Glasgow | ||
| Owner | Stone & Rolfe Ltd, Llanelly | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 6 Jul, 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-132 (Ernst Vogelsang) | ||
| Position | 49.30N, 66.30W - Grid BA 3911 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 38 (4 dead and 34 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | QS-15 | ||
| Route | Rimouski (5 Jul) - Father Point, New Brunswick - Sydney - UK | ||
| Cargo | 957 standards of timber and steel | ||
| History | Laid down as British War Lemon, completed September 1919 as Coatsworth for Robert Stanley Shipping Co, Newcastle; 1929 sold to R.S. Dalgliesh Ltd, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; 1939 sold to Yugoslavia and renamed Dinaric for Kvarner Brodarsko DD, Susak; 1941 taken over by Britain and transferred to Ministry of War Transport (MoWT).
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| Notes on loss | At 06.46 hours on 6 Jul, 1942, U-132 attacked the convoy QS-15 for a second time in the St.Lawrence River south of Clarke City, Quebec, and observed one hit amidships accompanied by a large column of fire after a running time of 1 minute 35 seconds. The ship hit was the Dinaric (Master Marijan Zadrijevac), which later sank in 49°15N/66°43W on 9 July. Four crew members were lost. The master, 27 crew members and six gunners were picked up by the Canadian minesweeper HMCS Drummondville (J 253) (Lt James P. Fraser) and landed at Sydney. | ||
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