Sabor
Photo courtesy of the Allen Collection
| Name | Sabor | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5.212 tons | ||
| Completed | 1920 - Earle“s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Hull | ||
| Owner | Royal Mail Lines Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 7 Mar, 1943 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-506 (Erich Würdemann) | ||
| Position | 34.30S, 23.10E - Grid KY 6177 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 58 (7 dead and 51 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Port Said - Mombasa - Tamatave - Durban - Capetown - Rio de Janeiro | ||
| Cargo | 1100 tons of salt ballast and 63 bags of mail | ||
| History | Laid down as War Whale for The Shipping Controller, completed in April 1920 as Sabor for Royal Mail Lines Ltd, London. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 03.09 hours on 7 Mar, 1943, the unescorted Sabor (Master Peter Merrick Burrell) was torpedoed by U-506 southeast of Mossel Bay. The ship sank after being hit by a coup de grāce at 05.32 hours in grid KY 5399. Seven crew members were lost. The master, 41 crew members and nine gunners were picked up by the SAAF crash launch R-8 and landed at Mossel Bay. | ||
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