Ramapo
Panamanian Steam merchant
Ramapo under her former name Baron Wemyss. Photo courtesy of naviearmatori.net
| Name | Ramapo | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 2,968 tons | ||
| Completed | 1924 - Dunlop, Bremner & Co Ltd, Port Glasgow | ||
| Owner | Waterman Steamship Co, Mobile AL | ||
| Homeport | Panama | ||
| Date of attack | 16 Feb 1942 | Nationality:  Panamanian | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-108 (Klaus Scholtz) | ||
| Position | 35° 10'N, 65° 50'W - Grid CB 7858 | ||
| Complement | 40 (40 dead - no survivors) | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | London - Bermuda (12 Feb) - Philadelphia | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | Completed in June 1924 as British Baron Wemyss for H. Hogarth & Sons Ltd, Glasgow. 1937 sold to Italy and renamed Santarosa for Alberto Tomaso Rosasco, Genoa. On 25 Jul 1941, seized in Philadelphia by the US government and turned over to the US War Shipping Administration (WSA). On 19 September, the ship was renamed Ramapo and registered in Panama. On 28 October, she was assigned to Waterman SS Co under GAA agreement. | ||
| Notes on event | At 15.56 hours on 16 February 1942 the unescorted Ramapo (Master Johan Magnus Ørn Lorentzen) was hit on port side amidships by one G7e torpedo from U-108, broke in two after a boiler explosion and sank 11 minutes later about 180 miles north of Bermuda. The U-boat surfaced and questioned 34 men in lifeboats, but the survivors were never found. The master, 37 crew members and two gunners were lost. | ||
| On board | We have details of 40 people who were on board. | ||
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