Lady Drake
| Name | Lady Drake | ||
| Type: | Steam passenger ship | ||
| Tonnage | 7.985 tons | ||
| Completed | 1928 - Cammell Laird & Co Ltd, Birkenhead | ||
| Owner | Canadian National Steamships Ltd, Montreal | ||
| Homeport | Halifax | ||
| Date of attack | 5 May, 1942 | Nationality:  Canadian | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-106 (Hermann Rasch) | ||
| Position | 35.43N, 64.43W - Grid CB 7922 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 268 (12 dead and 256 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Bermuda (4 May) - St.Johns, Newfoundland | ||
| Cargo | 147 passengers | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 03.05 hours on 5 May 1942, the unescorted Lady Drake (Master Percy A. Kelly) was torpedoed and sunk by U-106 about 90 miles north of Bermuda. Six crew members and six passengers were lost. The master, 114 crew members and 141 passengers were picked up by USS Owl (AM 2) and landed at Bermuda. | ||
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