HMS Sotra
British M/S trawler
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| Name | HMS Sotra | ||
| Type: | M/S trawler | ||
| Tonnage | 313 tons | ||
| Completed | 1925 - Smith´s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank, Middlesbrough | ||
| Owner | The Admiralty | ||
| Homeport | Leith | ||
| Date of attack | 29 Jan 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-431 (Wilhelm Dommes) | ||
| Position | 32° 07'N, 25° 30'E - Grid CO 6795 | ||
| Complement | 22 (22 dead - no survivors) | ||
| Convoy | TA-21 | ||
| Route | Tobruk (29 Jan) - Alexandria | ||
| Cargo | |||
| History | In September 1939, the whaler Sotra of South Georgia Co Ltd (Chr. Salvesen & Co), Leith was requisitioned by the Royal Navy and converted to a M/S trawler. | ||
| Notes on event | At 21.46 hours on 29 Jan 1942, U-431 attacked convoy TA-21 off Bardia and hit HMS Sotra (T/Lt Frederick Roy Linfield, RNR) with one torpedo. The vessel exploded and sank with the loss of the crew, six of them Norwegian. | ||
| On board | We have details of 22 people who were on board. | ||
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