Ships hit by U-boats


Lissa

British Steam merchant



Photo courtesy of Stuart Smith

NameLissa
Type:Steam merchant
Tonnage1,511 tons
Completed1927 - R. Duncan & Co Ltd, Port Glasgow 
OwnerGlen & Co Ltd, Glasgow 
HomeportGlasgow 
Date of attack21 Sep 1941Nationality:      British
 
FateSunk by U-201 (Adalbert Schnee)
Position47° 00'N, 22° 00'W - Grid BE 4944
Complement26 (26 dead - no survivors)
ConvoyOG-74
RouteBarry - Lisbon 
CargoCoal 
History Completed in May 1927 
Notes on event

At 23.20 and 23.21 hours on 21 September 1941, U-201 fired torpedoes at convoy OG-74 north-northeast of the Azores and reported two ships sunk. The ships hit were Lissa and Rhineland.

The master, 21 crew members and four gunners from the Lissa (Master Donald MacQuarrie) were lost.

 
On boardWe have details of 26 people who were on board


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