Nirpura
British Steam merchant
Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Nirpura | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5,961 tons | ||
| Completed | 1921 - W. Gray & Co Ltd, West Hartlepool | ||
| Owner | British India Steam Navigation Co Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | Glasgow | ||
| Date of attack | 3 Mar 1943 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-160 (Georg Lassen) | ||
| Position | 32° 47'S, 30° 48'E - Grid KZ 1336 | ||
| Complement | 126 (38 dead and 88 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | DN-21 | ||
| Route | Durban - Karachi | ||
| Cargo | 39 South African Defence troops and 800 mules | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on event | At 23.22 hours on 3 March 1943, U-160 made her first attack on convoy DN-21 about 40 miles south of Port St.Johns, South Africa, sank the Harvey W. Scott and Nirpura and damaged the Tibia. 38 men from the Nirpura (Master Thomas George Hodgkinson) were lost and 88 (including the master) were picked up by the SAAF crash launch R-8 and landed at Durban. | ||
| On board | We have details of 17 people who were on board. | ||
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