Hoihow
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| Name | Hoihow | ||
| Type: | Steam passenger ship | ||
| Tonnage | 2.798 tons | ||
| Completed | 1933 - Taikoo Dockyard & Engineering Co of Hong Kong Ltd, Hong Kong | ||
| Owner | China Navigation Co Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 2 Jul, 1943 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-181 (Wolfgang Lüth) | ||
| Position | 19.30S, 55.30E - Grid KG 4937 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 149 (145 dead and 4 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Mauritius - Tamatave, Madagascar | ||
| Cargo | Passengers | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 21.07 hours on 2 Jul, 1943, the unescorted Hoihow (Master William Mackensie Christie) was torpedoed and sunk by U-181 105 miles west-northwest of Mauritius. The master, 90 crew members, seven gunners and 47 passengers were lost. Three crew members and one passenger were picked up by the American merchant Mormacswan and landed at Montevideo on 25 July. | ||
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