Darina
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| Name | Darina | ||
| Type: | Motor tanker | ||
| Tonnage | 8,113 tons | ||
| Completed | 1939 - Blythswood Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Glasgow | ||
| Owner | Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 20 May 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-158 (Erwin Rostin) | ||
| Position | 29.17N, 54.25W - Grid DE 7227 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 56 (6 dead and 50 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | ON-93 (dispersed) | ||
| Route | Stanlow (6 May) - Texas City, Texas | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 22.00 hours on 20 May, 1942, the Darina (Master John Murray Cuthill), dispersed on 17 May from convoy ON-93, was torpedoed and sunk by U-158 about 500 miles east-southeast of Bermuda. Five crew members and one gunner were lost. The master, 44 crew members and five gunners were rescued. The boat with the master and 17 survivors were picked up by the British tanker British Ardour and landed at Charleston, South Carolina on 27 May. The boat of the chief officer was rescued after 6.5 days 150 miles south-southeast of Bermuda by the American merchant Exanthia and landed at Norfolk, Virginia. The boat of the 3rd officer was rescued after six days by the Norwegian merchant Dagrun and landed at Capetown on 23 June. | ||
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