Eulima
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| Name | Eulima | ||
| Type: | Motor tanker | ||
| Tonnage | 6.207 tons | ||
| Completed | 1937 - Wilton-Fyenoord NV, Rotterdam | ||
| Owner | Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 23 Feb, 1943 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-186 (Siegfried Hesemann) | ||
| Position | 46.48N, 36.18W - Grid BD 4835 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 63 (62 dead and 1 survivor). | ||
| Convoy | ON-166 | ||
| Route | Liverpool (11 Feb) - New York | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 07.35 hours on 23 Feb, 1943, U-186 fired a spread of three torpedoes at the convoy ON-166 about 310 miles south of Cape Race and observed one hit after 2 minutes 32 seconds on the ship in station #12, the Hastings, which was erroneously reported as Hassop. A second hit, after 2 minutes 35 seconds was possibly on the same ship, which sank within seven minutes. After 2 minutes 41 seconds a third hit was heard but not observed. At 07.40 hours, U-186 fired a spread of two stern torpedoes and heard two detonations on different targets, but only the Eulima was hit, the second detonation being a depth charge from the US Coast Guard cutter USS Spencer. At 11.30 hours, the drifting wreck of the Eulima was sunk by a coup de grāce and gunfire from U-186. The master, 52 crew members and nine gunners from the Eulima (Master Frederick William Wickera) were lost. The third officer J. Campkin was taken prisoner by U-186, landed at Lorient on 5 March and taken to the POW camp Milag Nord near Bremen. | ||
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