Nurmahal
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| Name | Nurmahal | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5,419 tons | ||
| Completed | 1923 - C. Connell & Co Ltd, Glasgow | ||
| Owner | Asiatic Steam Navigation Co Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 9 Nov 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-154 (Heinrich Schuch) | ||
| Position | 14.45N, 55.45W - Grid EE 5386 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | ? men (14 dead and ? survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Safaga Island, Egypt - Table Bay (15 Oct) - Charleston - New York | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 07.43 hours on 9 Nov, 1942, the unescorted Nurmahal (Master W.R. Gordon) was hit by two torpedoes from U-154 about 300 miles east of Martinique and finally sank on 11 November. 14 crew members were lost, while the master and an unknown number of survivors were rescued. | ||
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