New Columbia
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| Name | New Columbia | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 6,574 tons | ||
| Completed | 1920 - Harland & Wolff Ltd, Belfast | ||
| Owner | Elder Dempster Lines Ltd, Liverpool | ||
| Homeport | Liverpool | ||
| Date of attack | 31 Oct 1943 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-68 (Albert Lauzemis) | ||
| Position | 04.25N, 05.03E - Grid EW 7199 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 84 (0 dead and 84 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Matadi, Belgian Congo - Libreville, French Equatorial Africa (27 Sep) - Lagos | ||
| Cargo | 5500 tons of African produce, including 2500 tons cotton, 1500 tons copper, 600 tons beer, 350 tons palm oil, 350 tons of copra, 100 tons of kernels, 100 tons of rice and mail | ||
| History | Launched as War Pageant for the Shipping Controller, completed in June 1920 as New Columbia for Elder Dempster Lines Ltd, Liverpool. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 21.14 hours on 31 Oct, 1943, the unescorted New Columbia (Master Frederick Bradley Kent) was hit in the foreship by one FAT torpedo from U-68 southwest of Bingerville, Ivory Coast. She sank by the bow after being hit in the engine room by a second FAT torpedo at 21.44 hours. The master, 54 crew members, ten gunners and 19 Kroomen were picked up by the British merchant Conakrian and landed at Lagos. Lauzemis thought after he had questioned the crew that he had sunk the Troilus. | ||
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