Medjerda
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| Name | Medjerda | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4.380 tons | ||
| Completed | 1924 - W. Gray & Co Ltd, West Hartlepool | ||
| Owner | F.C. Strick & Co Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | Swansea | ||
| Date of attack | 18 Mar, 1941 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-105 (Georg Schewe) | ||
| Position | 17N, 21W - Grid EJ 3856 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 54 (54 dead - no survivors) | ||
| Convoy | SL-68 (straggler) | ||
| Route | Pepel (7 Mar) - Freetown (13 Mar) - Middlesbrough | ||
| Cargo | 6450 tons of iron ore | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 04.00 hours on 18 Mar, 1941, the Medjerda (Master Charles Edward Banks), a straggler from convoy SL-68, was hit by one torpedo from U-105 north of the Cape Verde Islands, broke in two and sank within 30 seconds. The master, 51 crew members and two gunners were lost. | ||
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