Gharinda
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| Name | Gharinda | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5.306 tons | ||
| Completed | 1919 - Sunderland Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Sunderland | ||
| Owner | British India Steam Navigation Co Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | Glasgow | ||
| Date of attack | 5 May, 1943 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-266 (Ralf von Jessen) | ||
| Position | 53.10N, 44.40W - Grid AJ 8359 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 92 (0 dead and 92 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | ONS-5 | ||
| Route | Glasgow (21 Apr) - Portland, Maine and New York | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | Launched as War Mavis, completed October 1919 as Gharinda
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| Notes on loss | At 21.50 hours on 5 May 1943, U-266 fired four torpedoes at the convoy ONS-5 south of Cape Farewell and reported one ship sunk, one probably sunk and that two detonations had been heard. In fact the three ships Selvistan, Gharinda and Bonde in stations #91, #101 and #84 were hit within three minutes and sank. The master Rodney Rosbrook Stone, 81 crew members and ten gunners from the Gharinda were picked up by the British frigate HMS Tay (K 232) (Cdr Peter W. Gretton OBE DSO DSC) and landed at St.Johns, Newfoundland. | ||
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