Ships hit by U-boats


Lily

Palestinian Sailing ship


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NameLily
Type:Sailing ship
Tonnage132 tons
Completed 
Owner 
Homeport 
Date of attack21 Aug 1943Nationality:      Palestinian
 
FateSunk by U-596 (Victor-Wilhelm Nonn)
Position34° 45'N, 34° 42'E - Grid CP 5322
Complement11 (9 dead and 2 survivors).
Convoy
RouteHaifa - Paphos, Cyprus 
Cargo 
History  
Notes on event

At 23.43 hours on 21 August 1943 the Lily (LS 4) was shelled and sunk by U-596 with eight rounds from her deck gun about 33 miles east-southeast of Cape Greco, Cyprus.

 


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