Maritima
| Name | Maritima | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5.801 tons | ||
| Completed | 1912 - R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Hebburn | ||
| Owner | Neill & Pandelis Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 2 Nov, 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-522 (Herbert Schneider) | ||
| Position | 52.20N, 45.40W - Grid AJ 8673 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 59 (32 dead and 27 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | SC-107 | ||
| Route | New York (24 Oct) - Sydney (29 Oct) - Glasgow | ||
| Cargo | 7167 tons of general cargo, including explosives | ||
| History | Built as Port Lincoln, 1927 renamed Cambrian Baroness, 1929 renamed Clan Graham, 1938 renamed Maritima | ||
| Notes on loss | At 08.07 hours on 2 Nov, 1942, U-522 fired four torpedoes at the convoy SC-107 about 500 miles northeast of St.Johns and observed hits on four ships. However, only Maritima and Mount Pelion were hit and sunk. The master, 28 crew members and three gunners from the Maritima (Master Arthur George Phelps-Mead) were lost, because the ship sank within four minutes. 22 crew members and five gunners were picked up by HMCS Arvida (K 113) (Lt A.I. MacKay) and landed at Londonderry. | ||
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