Shirvan
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| Name | Shirvan | ||
| Type: | Steam tanker | ||
| Tonnage | 6.017 tons | ||
| Completed | 1925 - Sir W.G. Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd, Newcastle-upon-Tyne | ||
| Owner | Baltic Trading Co Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 10 Nov, 1944 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-300 (Fritz Hein) | ||
| Position | 64.08N, 22.50W - Grid AE 4753 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 45 (18 dead and 27 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | UR-142 | ||
| Route | Bowling - Loch Ewe - Hvalfjordur, Iceland | ||
| Cargo | 8050 tons of gas oil | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 12.07 hours on 10 Nov, 1944, the Shirvan (Master Edward F. Pattenden) from the storm scattered convoy UR-142 was hit by a LUT torpedo from U-300 off Skagi, Iceland and caught fire. The U-boat had fired five minutes earlier a first LUT torpedo that was a tube runner and detonated near the ship after being ejected. At 14.17 hours, a coup de grāce was fired that was first also a tube runner but then hit the tanker after a coup de grāce at 13.36 hours malfunctioned after launching. The Godafoss from the same convoy stopped against orders to pick up survivors from the tanker, but was also torpedoed by the U-boat at 14.59 hours. The master, 15 crew members and two gunners were lost. 20 crew members and seven gunners were picked up by HMS Reward (W 164) and the Norwegian armed trawler HMNoS Honningsvaag (4.277) and landed at Reykjavik. The abandoned wreck of Shirvan was still afloat in the evening and the British tug Empire Wold left Reykjavik to assist the ship, but was reported missing presumed lost by enemy action. No U-boat attack correspond with the loss of the vessel and she probably fell victim to the stormy sea. The tanker foundered the next day in 64°29N/23°04W. | ||
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