Abbekerk
| Name | Abbekerk | ||
| Type: | Motor merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 7,906 tons | ||
| Completed | 1939 - F. Schichau GmbH, Elbing, Danzig | ||
| Owner | NV Vereenigde Nederlandsche Scheepvaart Mij, The Hague | ||
| Homeport | The Hague | ||
| Date of attack | 25 Aug 1942 | Nationality:  Dutch | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-604 (Horst Höltring) | ||
| Position | 52.05N, 30.50W - Grid AK 9458 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 64 (2 dead and 62 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Port of Spain, Trinidad (15 Aug) - Liverpool | ||
| Cargo | 9489 tons of sugar, general cargo and mail | ||
| History | Completed in February 1939 On 7 Sep, 1940, the Abbekerk was bombed and sunk during a German air raid on London. The ship was later raised, repaired and returned to service in March 1941. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 04.48 hours on 25 Aug, 1942, the unescorted Abbekerk (Master C. Wijker) was hit on the starboard side by one of three torpedos from U-604, which had been chasing the ship since more than 10 hours. After 11 minutes, a coup de grâce hit and the crew abandoned ship in two lifeboats exept the first mate and a cook. The survivors set sail for Ireland and were picked up three days later by HMS Wallflower (K 44) (Lt G.R. Greaves, RNR), which was escorting the convoy ON-122. The corvette distributed the men on several ships in the convoy, 18 of them were transferred to the Dutch steam merchant Jan van Goyen. | ||
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