Gregalia
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| Name | Gregalia | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5.802 tons | ||
| Completed | 1929 - Lithgows Ltd, Port Glasgow | ||
| Owner | Donaldson Brothers Ltd, Glasgow | ||
| Homeport | Glasgow | ||
| Date of attack | 9 May, 1941 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-201 (Adalbert Schnee) | ||
| Position | 60.24N, 32.37W - Grid AK 2181 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 66 (0 dead and 66 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | OB-318 | ||
| Route | Glasgow - Halifax - Buenos Aires | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 14.26 and 14.28 hours on 9 May, 1941, U-201 (Schnee) attacked the convoy OB-318 east-northeast of Cape Farewell in grid AK 2181 (60°24N/32°37W), sank the Gregalia and badly damaged the Empire Cloud. The master Alexander Bankier, 57 crew members and eight gunners from the Gregalia were picked up by the British A/S trawler HMS Daneman (FY 123) (Lt A.H. Ballard). Later the master and 51 survivors were transferred to the British merchant Aelybryn and 14 survivors to the Norwegian merchant Borgfred and landed at Sydney on 18 May. | ||
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