Crista
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| Name | Crista | ||
| Type: | Motor merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 2.590 tons | ||
| Completed | 1938 - NV Werf Gusto v/h Firma A.F. Smulders, Schiedam | ||
| Owner | Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 17 Mar, 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Damaged by U-83 (Hans-Werner Kraus) | ||
| Position | 32.21N, 25E - Grid CO 6775 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 32 (7 dead and 39 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | AT-34 | ||
| Route | Alexandria (16 Mar) - Tobruk | ||
| Cargo | Cased fuel oil | ||
| History | Completed in December 1938. On 9 Feb, 1941, the Crista was damaged by a mine at Tobruk. 1957 renamed Tong Peng, 1967 renamed Gammewah, 1978 renamed Bomari. Broken up at Hong Kong in May 1978. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 23.03 hours on 17 Mar, 1942, U-83 fired a spread of three torpedoes at a steamer in convoy AT-34 near Tobruk and missed. At 23.17 hours, one torpedo was fired that hit Crista and set her on fire. Two officers and five ratings were lost. The survivors abandoned ship and were picked up by the South African M/S whaler HMSAS Bokburg. The abandoned Crista was located by the British motor torpedo boat HMS MTB-266, which anchored her off Bardia where the fires were extinguished. She was taken in tow by HMS St. Monance (W 63) to Alexandria for repairs, escorted by the British armed trawler HMS Southern Isle and the British motor launches HMS ML-1005 and HMS ML-1069, arriving on 28 March. | ||
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