At 15.08 hours on 13 February 1941 the unescorted Clea (Master Leonard Walter George Boyt), a straggler from convoy HX-106, was hit on port side amidships by one G7e torpedo from U-96 about 190 miles south of Iceland. The tanker immediately caught fire and completely broke in two. The U-boat surfaced and sank both halves with a total of 83 rounds from the deck gun, the after part sank at 16.59 hours and the fore part sank at 17.31 hours after further holes were fired into the side with the anti-aircraft gun. The Germans had observed how the crew abandoned ship in four lifeboats after the torpedo hit, but no survivors were ever found. The master, 56 crew members and two gunners were lost.