P.L.M. 22
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| Name | P.L.M. 22 | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5.646 tons | ||
| Completed | 1921 - Sir Raylton Dixon & Co Ltd, Middlesbrough | ||
| Owner | E.R. Management Co Ltd, Cardiff | ||
| Homeport | Newcastle | ||
| Date of attack | 27 Jun, 1941 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-123 (Reinhard Hardegen) | ||
| Position | 25.43N, 22.47W - Grid DT 2626 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 44 (32 dead and 12 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | SL-78 | ||
| Route | Pepel - Freetown (18 Jun) - Middlesbrough | ||
| Cargo | 7600 tons of iron ore | ||
| History | In 1940 the French P.L.M. 22 of Soc. Nationale d´Affrêtements, Rouen was taken over by Britain and transferred to the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). | ||
| Notes on loss | At 23.57, 23.58 and 24.00 hours on 27 Jun, 1941, U-123 fired one torpedo each at three ships in convoy SL-78 from between the columns west-southwest of the Canary Islands. The first torpedo sank P.L.M. 22, the second the Oberon and the third missed the intended target, but was thought to have hit another ship in the convoy. The master and 31 crew members from P.L.M. 22 (Master Yves Le Bitter, MM and Chevalier du Mérite Maritime) were lost. Ten crew members and two French naval gunners were picked up by HMS Armeria (K 187) (LtCdr H.M. Russell), transferred to the HMS Asphodel (K 56) (LtCdr K.W. Steward) and landed at Freetown on 4 July. | ||
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