Volo
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| Name | Volo | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 1.587 tons | ||
| Completed | 1938 - Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Newcastle | ||
| Owner | Ellermanīs Wilson Line Ltd, Hull | ||
| Homeport | Hull | ||
| Date of attack | 28 Dec, 1941 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-75 (Helmuth Ringelmann) | ||
| Position | 31.45N, 26.48E - Grid CO 92 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 38 (24 dead and 14 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | ME-8 | ||
| Route | Tobruk - Alexandria | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | In the early morning of 28 Dec, 1941, U-75 attacked the convoy ME-8 and reported two ships with 9000 grt sunk and another damaged. This was the last radio message from the U-boat because she was sunk after a hunt of several hours by the escorts of the convoy. However, only the Volo (Master George Rowland Whitefield MBE) had been torpedoed and sunk about 45 miles northwest of Mersa Matruh, Egypt. The master, 20 crew members and three gunners were lost. Nine crew members and five gunners were picked up by the British landing craft HMS LCT-11 and landed at Alexandria. | ||
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