Colonial
| Name | Colonial | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5.108 tons | ||
| Completed | 1926 - D. & W. Henderson & Co Ltd, Glasgow | ||
| Owner | T. & J. Harrison, Liverpool | ||
| Homeport | Liverpool | ||
| Date of attack | 27 May, 1941 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-107 (Günter Hessler) | ||
| Position | 09.13N, 15.09W - Grid ET 2693 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 100 (0 dead and 100 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | OB-318 (dispersed) | ||
| Route | Liverpool - Freetown - Beira | ||
| Cargo | 3500 tons of general cargo | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 01.01 hours on 27 May 1941, the Colonial (Master Joseph Devereaux), dispersed from convoy OB-318, was hit by one torpedo from U-107 and sank after a coup de grâce at 01.46 hours about 200 miles west-northwest of Freetown. The master, the convoy commodore (Rear Admiral W.B. Mackenzie RN), 88 crew members, six naval staff members and four gunners were picked up by the British battleship HMS Centurion (I 50) (LtCdr R.W. Wainwright) and landed at Freetown. | ||
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