Dione II
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| Name | Dione II | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 2.660 tons | ||
| Completed | 1936 - Ateliers et Chantiers de la Seine Maritime Worms & Co, Le Trait, Seine Inférieure | ||
| Owner | Ambrose, Davies & Matthews Ltd, Swansea | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 4 Feb, 1941 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-93 (Claus Korth) | ||
| Position | 55.50N, 10.30W - Grid AM - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 33 (28 dead and 5 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | SC-20 (straggler) | ||
| Route | Wabana, Newfoundland - Sydney - Cardiff | ||
| Cargo | 2650 tons of iron ore | ||
| History | Built as French Dioné for G. Lamy & Compagnie, Caen 1940 taken over by Britain and renamed Dione II for Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). | ||
| Notes on loss | On 3 Feb, 1941, the Dione II (Master Robert Squirrell), a straggler from convoy SC-20, was bombed and damaged by a German Fw 200 Condor aircraft of I./KG 40 in 55°40N/14°23W. On 4 February, the damaged Dione II was shelled and sunk by U-93 northwest of Aran Island, Co. Galway. The master, 26 crew members and one gunner were lost. Five crew members were picked up by the British merchant Flowergate and landed at Glasgow. | ||
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