Vineland
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| Name | Vineland | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant (Hog Island) | ||
| Tonnage | 5,587 tons | ||
| Completed | 1919 - American International Shipbuilding Corp, Hog Island PA | ||
| Owner | Markland Shipping Co Ltd, Liverpool, Nova Scotia | ||
| Homeport | Liverpool NS | ||
| Date of attack | 20 Apr 1942 | Nationality:  Canadian | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-154 (Walther Kölle) | ||
| Position | 23.05N, 72.20W - Grid DN 5615 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 35 (1 dead and 34 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Portland, Maine - St. Thomas, Virgin Islands | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | Completed in March 1919 as Sapinero for US Shipping Board (USSB) and later sold to Lykes Bros SS Co Inc, New Orleans LA. 1940 registered in Panama as Vineland. 1942 sold to Mersey Paper Company and registered in Canada. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 21.03 hours on 20 Apr, 1942, the unescorted Vineland (Master Robert A. Williams) was hit aft by one G7e torpedo from U-154 north of Cap Haitien, Haiti and 1 minute later missed by a G7a torpedo that was a surface runner. The stern broke off after being hit by a coup de grâce at 21.20 hours, but the ship remained afloat and had to be sunk by five rounds from the deck gun. One crew member was lost. The master and 33 survivors were questioned by the Germans and later made landfall at Turks Island. | ||
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