Aloe
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| Name | Aloe | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5.047 tons | ||
| Completed | 1925 - R. Duncan & Co Ltd, Port Glasgow | ||
| Owner | South African Railways & Harbours Administration, Capetown | ||
| Homeport | Capetown | ||
| Date of attack | 5 Apr, 1943 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-182 (Asmus Nicolai Clausen) | ||
| Position | 32.37S, 37.50E - Grid JA 1470 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 47 (0 dead and 47 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Bunbury, Western Australia - Durban | ||
| Cargo | 5000 tons of wheat, 1500 tons of timber and 320 tons of lead, also mail | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | On 5 Apr, 1943, the unescorted Aloe (Master Angus Maclennan) was torpedoed and sunk by U-182 420 miles southeast of Durban. The master was taken prisoner by U-182 and died when the U-boat was lost on 16 May. 44 crew members and two gunners were picked up by the American merchant Alexander Ramsey and landed at Capetown. | ||
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