Chama
British Motor tanker
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| Name | Chama | ||
| Type: | Motor tanker | ||
| Tonnage | 8,077 tons | ||
| Completed | 1938 - NV Rotterdamsche Droogdok Mij, Rotterdam | ||
| Owner | Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 23 Mar 1941 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-97 (Udo Heilmann) | ||
| Position | 49° 35'N, 19° 13'W - Grid BE 2428 | ||
| Complement | 59 (59 dead - no survivors) | ||
| Convoy | OG-56 (straggler) | ||
| Route | Ardrossan - New York | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | Built for NV Petroleum Mij ´La Corona´, The Hague 1939 transferred to Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co Ltd, London | ||
| Notes on event | At 23.26 hours on 23 March 1941 the Chama (Master Hubert Stanley Sivell), a straggler from convoy OG-56, was torpedoed and sunk by U-97 west-southwest of Fastnet. The master, 54 crew members and four gunners were lost. | ||
| On board | We have details of 57 people who were on board. | ||
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