Maria Rosa
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| Name | Maria Rosa | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4,211 tons | ||
| Completed | 1914 - Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Howden-on-Tyne | ||
| Owner | Francesco Galli fu Giovanni (Hugo Trumpy), Genoa | ||
| Homeport | Genoa | ||
| Date of attack | 29 Feb 1940 | Nationality:  Italian | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-20 (Harro von Klot-Heydenfeldt) | ||
| Position | 52.24N, 01.59E - Grid AN 8445 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 29 (12 dead and 17 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Marseilles - Hartlepool | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | Completed in May 1914 as British Elfland for Fred Drughorn Ltd, London. 1914 renamed Queen Alexandra for Queen Line Ltd (T. Dunlop & Sons), Glasgow. 1925 sold to Greece and renamed Triton for George D. Gratsos, Ithaca. 1939 sold to Italy and renamed Maria Rosa. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 22.32 hours on 29 Feb, 1940, the neutral Maria Rosa was hit in the foreship by one G7e torpedo from U-20 and sank by the bow. The ship had been missed by a first G7e torpedo at 21.45 hours. | ||
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