Inversuir
Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Inversuir | ||
| Type: | Motor tanker | ||
| Tonnage | 9.456 tons | ||
| Completed | 1938 - Deutsche Werft AG, Betrieb Finkenwärder, Hamburg | ||
| Owner | Inver Tankers Ltd (A. Weir & Co), London | ||
| Homeport | Glasgow | ||
| Date of attack | 3 Jun, 1941 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-75 (Helmuth Ringelmann) | ||
| Position | 48.30N, 28.30W - Grid BD 6154 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 45 (0 dead and 45 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | OB-327 (dispersed) | ||
| Route | Stanlow (16 May) - Aruba | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 01.01 hours on 3 Jun, 1941, the Inversuir, dispersed on 1 June in 52°42N/22°18W from convoy OB-327, was torpedoed by U-48 (Schultze) north of the Azores in 48°28N/28°20W (Grid BD 6131). The U-boat then fired a coup de grâce at 01.11 hours and 51 rounds from the 8,8cm deck gun. After another coup de grâce at 03.49 hours, the ship was left in a sinking condition. The tanker was finally sunk by two coups de grâce fired at 20.33 and 20.51 hours by U-75. The master and 23 crew members from the Inversuir (Master Robert Charles Loraine) were picked up by the Norwegian steam merchant Para, transferred to the British ocean boarding vessel HMS Corinthian (F 103) (Cdr E.J.R. Pollitt) and landed at Greenock on 21 June. Nine crew members were picked up by the HMS Wanderer (D 74) (Cdr A.F.St.G. Orpen) and landed at Holyhead. The remaining 12 crew members were rescued by an unknown ship and landed at Quebec. | ||
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