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Boma


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NameBoma
Type:Steam merchant
Tonnage5.408 tons
Completed1920 - Harland & Wolff Ltd, Govan, Glasgow 
OwnerElder Dempster Lines Ltd, Liverpool 
HomeportLiverpool 
Date of attack5 Aug, 1940Nationality:      British
 
FateSunk by U-56 (Otto Harms)
Position55.44N, 08.04W - Grid AM 5349
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Complement53 (3 dead and 50 survivors).
ConvoyOB-193 
RouteCardiff - Lagos 
Cargo10.000 tons of coal 
History  
Notes on loss At 21.38 hours on 5 Aug, 1940, U-56 fired a spread of two torpedoes at the convoy OB-193 northwest of Malin Head and observed that one missed and the other detonated at the end of the run after 7 minutes 25 seconds. However, the Boma (Master Charles Eric Anders) was hit in this attack and sank the next day. Three crew members were lost. The master, 47 crew members and two gunners were picked up by the Vilja, transferred to HMS Viscount (D 92) (LtCdr M.S. Townsend OBE) and landed at Liverpool. 


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