Everoja
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| Name | Everoja | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4,830 tons | ||
| Completed | 1910 - William Hamilton & Co Ltd, Port Glasgow | ||
| Owner | Counties Ship Management Co Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 3 Nov 1941 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-203 (Rolf Mützelburg) | ||
| Position | 52.18N, 53.05W - Grid AJ 7442 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 46 (0 dead and 46 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | SC-52 | ||
| Route | St.John, New Brunswick - Dublin | ||
| Cargo | 6401 tons of wheat | ||
| History | Completed in June 1910 as Middleham Castle for Lancashire Shipping Co Ltd (J. Chambers & Co), Liverpool. 1932 renamed Delia for NV Atlantische Vrachtvaart Mij (Vogemann), Panama. 1934 renamed Bright Wings for Wing Line Ltd, London. 1939 sold to Latvia and renamed Everoja for Fricis Grauds, Riga. 1940 taken over by Britain and transferred to Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). | ||
| Notes on loss | At 18.28 hours on 3 Nov, 1941, U-203 attacked the convoy SC-52 80 miles east of Belle Island, Newfoundland, and sank the Everoja and Empire Gemsbuck. The master, 40 crew members and five gunners from the Everoja (Master Alfred Kirschfeloths) were picked up by HMS Nasturtium (K 107) (LtCdr R.C. Freaker, DSO, RNR) and landed at St. Johns, Newfoundland. | ||
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