City of Bombay
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| Name | City of Bombay | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 7.140 tons | ||
| Completed | 1937 - Barclay, Curle & Co, Whiteinch, Glasgow | ||
| Owner | Ellerman Lines Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | Liverpool | ||
| Date of attack | 13 Dec, 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-159 (Helmut Witte) | ||
| Position | 02.43N, 29.06W - Grid FC 6863 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 154 (24 dead and 130 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Liverpool - Trinidad (5 Dec) - Saldanha Bay, South Africa - Karachi | ||
| Cargo | 6500 tons of military stores | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 22.05 hours on 13 Dec, 1942, the unescorted City of Bombay (Master Forbes Wyse Penderworthy) was torpedoed and sunk by gunfire by U-159 south of St.Paul Rocks. Nine crew members, one gunner and the 14 passengers were lost. The master, 122 crew members and seven gunners were rescued. 24 survivors were picked up by the Egyptian merchant Star of Cairo and landed at Capetown. 92 survivors were picked on 19 December by the British merchant Cape Breton and landed at Recife ten days later. 14 survivors were rescued by the American corvette USS Tenacity (PG 71) and landed at Pernambuco. | ||
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