Dolius
| Name | Dolius | ||
| Type: | Motor merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5,507 tons | ||
| Completed | 1924 - Scottīs Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Greenock | ||
| Owner | Alfred Holt & Co, Liverpool | ||
| Homeport | Liverpool | ||
| Date of attack | 5 May 1943 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-638 (Oskar Staudinger) | ||
| Position | 54.00N, 43.35W - - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 70 (4 dead and 66 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | ONS-5 | ||
| Route | Avonmouth - New York | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | Completed in April 1924 | ||
| Notes on loss | At 14.00 hours on 5 May 1943, the Dolius (Master Gilbert Robert Cheetham) in convoy ONS-5 was torpedoed and sunk by U-638 northeast of Belle Isle. Three crew members and one gunner were lost. The master, 57 crew members and eight gunners were picked up by HMS Sunflower (K 41) (Lt J. Plomer RCNVR) and landed at St. Johns. The U-boat had been sunk by the corvette after the attack. | ||
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