Mokambo
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| Name | Mokambo | ||
| Type: | Motor merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4.996 tons | ||
| Completed | 1938 - Flensburger Schiffsbau-Ges., Flensburg | ||
| Owner | Compagnie Maritime Belge (Lloyd Royal) SA, Antwerp | ||
| Homeport | Antwerp | ||
| Date of attack | 1 May, 1943 | Nationality:  Belgian | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-515 (Werner Henke) | ||
| Position | 07.58N, 14.14W - Grid ET 6128 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 57 (0 dead and 57 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | TS-37 | ||
| Route | Takoradi - Liverpool | ||
| Cargo | |||
| History | On 2 Jun, 1941, the Mokambo in convoy OB-329 was torpedoed and damaged by U-147 (Wetjen) in 56°38N/10°24W. The U-boat was sunk after the attack by the convoy escorts. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 05.40 hours on 1 May 1943, U-515 attacked the convoy TS-37 for a second time about 75 miles southwest of Freetown and fired three single torpedoes. The first hit the City of Singapore after 1 minute 8 seconds in the stern and the ship was observed to burn fiercely before she sank. The second torpedo hit the Mokambo after 1 minute 5 seconds and set her on fire. The third torpedo hit after 35 seconds the Clan Macpherson, which began to sink by the stern. The Mokambo (Master E. Huys) was badly damaged, but remained afloat. The ship was towed to Freetown roads by the tugs HMS Aimwell (W 113) and Onana, but capsized on 2 May and sank. Two men were injured of the crew of 51 (27 Belgians, 16 Congolesians and 8 British) and six gunners. | ||
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