Daghestan

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Name	Daghestan
Type:	Steam tanker
Tonnage	5,742 tons
Completed	1921 - Short Bros Ltd, Pallion, Sunderland
Owner	Common Brothers Ltd, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Homeport	Newcastle
Date of attack	25 Mar 1940	Nationality: British

Fate	Sunk by U-57 (Claus Korth)
Position	58.47N, 02.46W - Grid AN 1642 - See location on a map -
Complement	32 (3 dead and 29 survivors).
Convoy
Route	Scapa Flow - Sullom Voe, Shetlands
Cargo	7600 tons of crude oil
History	At 00.15 hours on 20 Feb, 1940, U-19 (Schepke) fired one torpedo at the Daghestan in 59°21N/01°48W (grid AN 1491). Schepke reported that the torpedo hit the tanker, but the torpedo exploded a few yards beyond the ship.
Notes on loss	On 20 Mar, 1940, the Daghestan (Master John Rutherford) was bombed and damaged by a German aircraft. At 20.11 hours on 25 March, the damaged tanker was sunk by a coup de grâce by U-57 nine miles east of Copinsay, Orkneys. Two crew members and one gunner were lost. The master and 28 crew members were picked up by the HMS Northern Wave (FY 153) (Lt G.P.S. Lowe) and HMS Brontes (FY 118) (Cdr T.St.V. Tyler) and landed at Lyness, Orkneys.

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