At 22.11 hours on 6 May 1942 the unescorted and unarmed Abgara (Master Axel Wilhelm Blome) was hit on the starboard side in the bow by one G7a torpedo from U-108 while steaming on a non-evasive course at 7 knots 15 miles southeast of Great Inagua Island, Bahamas. As the ship settled by the bow, the crew abandoned ship in the port lifeboat after sending distress signals on the emergency set without receiving a reply. At 22.23 hours, a first coup de grâce malfunctioned, but the second fired 16 minutes later struck on the starboard side underneath the bridge and caused the ship to sink by the bow after two minutes. The survivors were questioned and photographed by the Germans and then set sail towards Cape Maisi, making landfall at Playa Blanca after 27 hours. On 8 May, the lifeboat left in tow of the Cuban schooner Fortuna and arrived the next at the naval station Guantanamo Bay.