Tremoda
Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Tremoda | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4,736 tons | ||
| Completed | 1928 - Harland & Wolff Ltd, Greenock | ||
| Owner | The Hain Steamship Co Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | St. Ives | ||
| Date of attack | 27 Aug 1941 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-557 (Ottokar Arnold Paulssen) | ||
| Position | 53.36N, 18.40W - Grid AL 6996 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 53 (32 dead and 21 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | OS-4 | ||
| Route | London - Duala, Cameroons | ||
| Cargo | General cargo and war stores | ||
| History | Completed in January 1928 as Nimoda for The Hain Steamship Co Ltd, London. 1937 renamed Tremoda for the same owner. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 02.05 hours on 27 Aug, 1941, the Tremoda (Master James Sincock Bastian) in convoy OS-4 was torpedoed by U-557 west of Achill Island and was last seen drifting in 54°08N/15°28W the next day. The master, 25 crew members and six gunners were lost. 20 crew members and one gunner were picked up by FFL Chevreuil and landed at Kingston, Jamaica. | ||
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