Ships hit by U-boats


Pukkastan

British Steam merchant



Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart

NamePukkastan
Type:Steam merchant
Tonnage5,809 tons
Completed1929 - Short Bros Ltd, Pallion, Sunderland 
OwnerCommon Brothers Ltd, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 
HomeportNewcastle 
Date of attack7 Sep 1939Nationality:      British
 
FateSunk by U-34 (Wilhelm Rollmann)
Position49° 23'N, 7° 49'W - Grid BF 1685
Complement35 (0 dead and 35 survivors).
Convoy
RouteCapetown - Devonport - Rotterdam 
CargoMaize and mutton 
History  
Notes on event

At 12.50 hours on 7 Sep 1939 the unescorted Pukkastan (Master John Strachan Thomson) was stopped by U-34 with two shots across her bow southwest of the Bishop Rock. After the crew abandoned ship, she was sunk by a coup de grĂ¢ce at 13.31 hours. The crew was rescued by the Bilderdijk.

 
On boardWe have details of 1 people who were on board


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