Roumanie
Belgian Steam merchant
| Name | Roumanie | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 3,563 tons | ||
| Completed | 1906 - Flensburger Schiffsbau-Ges., Flensburg | ||
| Owner | Armement Deppe, Antwerp | ||
| Homeport | Antwerp | ||
| Date of attack | 24 Sep 1942 | Nationality:  Belgian | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-617 (Albrecht Brandi) | ||
| Position | 58° 10'N, 28° 20'W - Grid AK 2257 | ||
| Complement | 43 (42 dead and 1 survivor). | ||
| Convoy | SC-100 (straggler) | ||
| Route | Baltimore - Halifax (12 Sep) - Loch Ewe - London | ||
| Cargo | 4586 tons of general cargo | ||
| History | Completed in August 1906 as German Haimon for Roland Linie AG, Bremen. 1907 renamed Horncap for Dampfschiffs-Rhederei Horn AG (H.C. Horn), Lübeck. 1911 renamed Pyrgos for Deutsche Levante Linie, Hamburg. 1919 taken over by Britain. 1921 sold to Belgium and renamed Roumanie for Armement Deppe, Antwerp. | ||
| Notes on event | At 13.58 hours on 24 September 1942 the unescorted Roumanie (Master Emile Morbée), a straggler from convoy SC-100, was torpedoed and sunk by U-617 about 380 miles southwest of Iceland. The chief engineer Pierre Suykerbuyk was found on a raft and taken prisoner by the U-boat and landed at St. Nazaire on 7 October. The master, 36 crew members and five gunners were lost. | ||
| On board | We have details of 43 people who were on board. | ||
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