Liana
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| Name | Liana | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 1.646 tons | ||
| Completed | 1898 - W. Gray & Co, West Hartlepool | ||
| Owner | Rederi-A/B Lerberget, Helsingborg | ||
| Homeport | Lerberget | ||
| Date of attack | 16 Feb, 1940 | Nationality:  Swedish | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-14 (Herbert Wohlfarth) | ||
| Position | Grid AN 1853 - See estimated map location (57.25N01.35W) * | ||
| Complement | 20 (10 dead and 10 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Blyth - Halmstad, Sweden | ||
| Cargo | Coal | ||
| History | Completed in in April 1898 as Emanuel for Rederi-A/B Helsingborg (N.C. Corfitzon), Helsingborg. 1916 transferred to Rederi-A/B Svecia (J.P. Jönsson), Landskrona. 1917 sold to Ångfartygs-A/B Tirfing, Gothenburg and renamed Roland. 1919 renamed Jaffa for Rederi-A/B Sverige - Levanten (V.R. Olburs), Gothenburg. 1925 renamed Liana for Rederi-A/B Lerberget (Fänges & Pahlssons Rederier), Helsingborg. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 21.25 hours on 16 Feb, 1940, U-14 attacked two ships north of Kinnaird Head and torpedoed first the Osmed and ten minutes later the Liana. The Liana was hit in the stern by one G7a torpedo and sank 24 miles north of Kinnaird Head, taking ten crewmen with her. Two survivors were picked up by the British trawler Loch Hope. Eight survivors were picked up by the Santos, which was herself sunk by U-63 (Lorentz) on 24 February with the loss of six men from the Liana. | ||
* 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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