Primula
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| Name | Primula | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 1,024 tons | ||
| Completed | 1918 - De Haan & Oerlemans, Heusden | ||
| Owner | Wahl & Co, Oslo | ||
| Homeport | Oslo | ||
| Date of attack | 4 Dec 1939 | Nationality:  Norwegian | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-31 (Johannes Habekost) | ||
| Position | 57.15N, 01.50E - Grid AN 4598 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 15 (8 dead and 7 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Oslo - UK | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | Completed in February 1918 | ||
| Notes on loss | At 15.42 hours on 4 Dec, 1939, the unescorted and neutral Primula (Master Eivin Christian Wang) was hit in the stern by one torpedo from U-31 and sank within two minutes after breaking in two about 120 miles east of Stonehaven. The survivors had to jump overboat because both lifeboats were destroyed and the motor boat got stuck. Seven crew members, three of them injured, rescued themselves on a raft and were picked up by the Danish steam merchant Wm.Th. Malling, which landed them at Methil, Scotland. | ||
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