Anu
The Anu under her former name Excelsior
| Name | Anu | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 1.421 tons | ||
| Completed | 1883 - J. Readhead & Co, South Shields | ||
| Owner | A. Saarna & G.H. Dahlgren, Haapsalu | ||
| Homeport | Haapsalu | ||
| Date of attack | 6 Feb, 1940 | Nationality:  Estonian | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-13 (Heinz Scheringer) | ||
| Position | Grid AN 0179 - See estimated map location (56.41N02.04W) * | ||
| Complement | ? men (7 dead and ? survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Gothenburg - Aberdeen - Dundee | ||
| Cargo | General cargo | ||
| History | Built as British Wylo for Gracie, Beazley & Co. 1896 sold to Sweden and renamed Billio for G.L. Vatis, Grekland. 1899 sold to Rederi A/B Excelsior (J. Persson), Helsingborg and renamed Excelsior. 1913 transferred to Rederi A/B Polaris and 1916 sold to H. Unérs A/B, Norrköping. 1917 transferred to Robert Göhle and 1921 sold to Joh. Gorthon, Helsingborg. 1921 sold to Rederi A/B Cecil (G.F. Persson), Landskrona and 1934 to A/B G.H. Dahlgren, Helsingborg. 1939 sold to Estland and renamed Anu for A. Saarna. | ||
| Notes on loss | On 6 Feb, 1940, the Anu (Master Johannes Raudsoo) struck a mine, laid on 12 Dec, 1939, by U-13 in the entrance to River Tay and sank. The master, his wife and four crew members were lost. The cook later died of burns in a hospital in Dundee. | ||
* Estimated position shown here is based on positions of losses in a roughly the same German grid code. It may be a bit off but should give a good idea as to where the attack took place.
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