Baltonia
| Name | Baltonia | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 2,013 tons | ||
| Completed | 1925 - Akers Mekaniske Verksted AS, Oslo | ||
| Owner | United Baltic Co, London | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 7 Feb 1943 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-118 (Werner Czygan) | ||
| Position | 35.58N, 05.59W - Grid CG 9585 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 62 (11 dead and 51 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | MKS-7 | ||
| Route | Seville - Gibraltar - Belfast Lough | ||
| Cargo | 1215 tons of sour oranges and 6 tons of general cargo | ||
| History | Completed in January 1925 as Norwegian Buena Vista, 1936 sold to Britain and renamed Baltonia. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 23.59 hours on 7 Feb, 1943, the convoy MKS-7 ran into a minefield laid by U-118 on 1 and 2 February west of Gibraltar and lost three ships: Baltonia, Mary Slessor and Empire Mordred. The master, nine crew members and one gunner from Baltonia (Master Jack Ames Prosser) were lost. 42 crew members and nine gunners were picked up by the British merchant Kingsland, transferred to HMCS Alberni (K 103) (Lt A.W. Ford) and landed at Londonderry. | ||
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