Boma
Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Boma | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5.408 tons | ||
| Completed | 1920 - Harland & Wolff Ltd, Govan, Glasgow | ||
| Owner | Elder Dempster Lines Ltd, Liverpool | ||
| Homeport | Liverpool | ||
| Date of attack | 5 Aug, 1940 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-56 (Otto Harms) | ||
| Position | 55.44N, 08.04W - Grid AM 5349 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 53 (3 dead and 50 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | OB-193 | ||
| Route | Cardiff - Lagos | ||
| Cargo | 10.000 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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