Rinos
Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Rinos | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4,649 tons | ||
| Completed | 1919 - Sir John Priestman & Co Ltd, Southwick, Sunderland | ||
| Owner | Leonidas A. Embiricos, Pirĉus | ||
| Homeport | Andros | ||
| Date of attack | 2 Nov 1942 | Nationality:  Greek | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-402 (Siegfried von Forstner) | ||
| Position | 52.30N, 45.30W - Grid AJ 8674 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 31 (8 dead and 23 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | SC-107 | ||
| Route | St. John, New Brunswick - Halifax - Hull | ||
| Cargo | 6151 tons of general cargo and vehicles | ||
| History | Built as Westcliff, 1920 renamed Ullstad, 1936 renamed Rinos | ||
| Notes on loss | Between 04.10 and 04.13 hours on 2 Nov, 1942, U-402 fired torpedoes at the convoy SC-107 about 500 miles east of Belle Isle and reported three ships sunk. One hit was observed on a Geraldine Mary type vessel in station #11 of the convoy, but this was possibly a detonation near the ship, while the other torpedoes hit the Dalcroy and Rinos. | ||
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