Sulairia
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| Name | Sulairia | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5.802 tons | ||
| Completed | 1929 - Lithgows Ltd, Port Glasgow | ||
| Owner | Donaldson Brothers Ltd, Glasgow | ||
| Homeport | Glasgow | ||
| Date of attack | 25 Sep, 1940 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-43 (Wilhelm Ambrosius) | ||
| Position | 53.43N, 20.10W - Grid AL 6784 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 57 (1 dead and 56 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | OB-217 (dispersed) | ||
| Route | Glasgow - Montreal | ||
| Cargo | 540 tons of general cargo and livestock | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 13.30 hours on 25 Sep, 1940, U-43 fired a G7e torpedo and hit Sulairia (Master Robert Clarke Young) in the stern, causing her to sink slowly 356 miles west of Achill Head, Co. Mayo. The ship had been in convoy OB-217 until the convoy was dispersed on 25 September. One crew member was lost. The master and 55 crew members were picked up by HMCS Ottawa (H 60) (Cdr E.R. Mainguy) and landed at Gourock on 27 September. | ||
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