Dunkwa
British Motor merchant
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| Name | Dunkwa | ||
| Type: | Motor merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4,752 tons | ||
| Completed | 1927 - A. McMillan & Son Ltd, Dumbarton | ||
| Owner | Elder Dempster Lines Ltd, Liverpool | ||
| Homeport | Liverpool | ||
| Date of attack | 6 May 1941 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-103 (Viktor Schütze) | ||
| Position | 8° 43'N, 17° 13'W - Grid ET 2485 | ||
| Complement | 47 (8 dead and 39 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | OB-310 (dispersed) | ||
| Route | Glasgow - Opobo, Nigeria | ||
| Cargo | 3248 tons of general cargo and 868 tons of government stores | ||
| History | Completed in August 1927 | ||
| Notes on event | At 17.17 hours on 6 May 1941 the Dunkwa (Master John William Andrew), dispersed from convoy OB-310, was hit aft by one stern torpedo from U-103 and sank within 8 minutes 216 miles west-northwest of Freetown. Five crew members and three gunners were lost. The Germans noticed that the 39 survivors were in only one overcrowded lifeboat, so they righted a swamped lifeboat and provided water to the survivors. The master, 37 crew members and one gunner were picked up by the Polydorus and landed at Oban. | ||
| On board | We have details of 10 people who were on board. | ||
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