Santos
Swedish Motor merchant
Photo courtesy of Peter Asklander
| Name | Santos | ||
| Type: | Motor merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 3,840 tons | ||
| Completed | 1925 - Kockums Mekaniska Verksteds A/B, Malmö | ||
| Owner | Rederi-A/B Nordstjernan (Axel Axelson Johnson), Stockholm | ||
| Homeport | Stockholm | ||
| Date of attack | 24 Feb 1940 | Nationality:  Swedish | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-63 (Günther Lorentz) | ||
| Position | 59° 17'N, 0° 42'W - Grid AN 26 | ||
| Complement | 43 (31 dead and 12 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Buenos Aires - Bahia - Kirkwall - Gothenburg | ||
| Cargo | General cargo | ||
| History | Completed in May 1925 | ||
| Notes on event | At 21.00 hours on 24 February 1940 the unescorted neutral Santos was torpedoed and sunk by U-63 about 32 miles east-southeast of Fair Isle. Among the 31 casualties were three passengers and six of eight repatriated seamen from the Liana, which had been sunk by U-14 (Wohlfarth) on 16 February. On 25 February, the survivors were picked up by HMS Gallant (H 59) (LtCdr C.P.F. Brown, RN) after being directed to their raft by a Hudson aircraft about 50 miles east of Duncansby Head and landed at Invergordon later the same day. | ||
| On board | We have details of 32 people who were on board. | ||
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