Cordelia
Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Cordelia | ||
| Type: | Motor tanker | ||
| Tonnage | 8.190 tons | ||
| Completed | 1932 - Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd, Wallsend, Sunderland | ||
| Owner | C.T. Bowring & Co Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | Liverpool | ||
| Date of attack | 3 Feb, 1943 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-632 (Hans Karpf) | ||
| Position | 56.37N, 22.58W - Grid AL 6119 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 47 (46 dead and 1 survivor). | ||
| Convoy | HX-224 (straggler) | ||
| Route | Curaçao - New York (22 Jan) - Clyde | ||
| Cargo | 12.000 tons of Admiralty fuel oil | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 21.54 hours on 3 Feb, 1943, the Cordelia (Master Edward Marshall), a straggler from convoy HX-224, was torpedoed and sunk by U-632 south of Iceland. The master, 37 crew members and eight gunners were lost. The sole survivor, chief engineer I.C. Bingham, was taken prisoner by the U-boat and carelessly mentioned the convoy SC-118 which was reported to the BdU. The convoy was subsequently attacked with the loss of nine ships. The survivor landed at Brest on 14 February and was taken to the German POW camp Milag Nord. | ||
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