Watuka
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| Name | Watuka | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 1.621 tons | ||
| Completed | 1918 - Nova Scotia Steel & Coal Co, New Glasgow NS | ||
| Owner | Nova Scotia Steel & Coal Co Ltd, Pictou NS | ||
| Homeport | Pictou | ||
| Date of attack | 22 Mar, 1944 | Nationality:  Canadian | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-802 (Helmut Schmoeckel) | ||
| Position | 44.30N, 62.51W - Grid BB 7537 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 26 (1 dead and 25 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | SH-125 | ||
| Route | Louisburg, Nova Scotia - Halifax | ||
| Cargo | 1998 tons of coal | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 09.47 hours on 22 Mar, 1944, U-802 fired a spread of three torpedoes at overlapping ships in convoy SH-125 and at 09.49 hours a Gnat at a freighter. They heard three detonations and claimed the sinking of three ships with 5000 grt. However, only Watuka was hit and sank southeast of Halifax. One crew member was lost. The master, 22 crew members and two gunners were picked up by HMCS Anticosti (T 274) (Lt J.C. Boyd). | ||
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