Cap Padaran
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| Name | Cap Padaran | ||
| Type: | Troop transport | ||
| Tonnage | 8.009 tons | ||
| Completed | 1922 - Ateliers & Chantiers de la Loire, St.Nazaire | ||
| Owner | Ellerman Lines Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 9 Dec, 1943 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-596 (Victor-Wilhelm Nonn) | ||
| Position | 39.15N, 17.30E - Grid CK 7445 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 197 (5 dead and 192 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | HA-11 | ||
| Route | Taranto (8 Dec) - Augusta | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | Built as steam merchant D´Iberville, 1925 converted to steam passenger ship and renamed Cap Padaran for Co Française de Navigation à Vapeur Chargeurs Réunis, Paris. After June 1940 used by Vichy France. On 2 Nov, 1941, the Cap Padaran was captured by HMS Carthage (F 99) (Capt B.O. Bell-Slater) south of Durban and brought to Port Elizabeth on 7 November. The vessel was taken over by the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) and used as troopship. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 13.17 hours on 9 Dec, 1943, the Cap Padaran (Master Edward Garner) in convoy HA-11 was torpedoed and damaged by U-596 northeast of Cape Spartivento, Italy. The vessel was taken in tow, but the line parted and she sank after her back broke. Five crew members were lost. The master, 180 crew members and eleven gunners were picked up by the British armed trawler HMS Sheppey (T 292) (SubLt B.F. Wimbush) and landed at Augusta, Sicily. | ||
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