Italian submarine fates

Ships hit by Italian submarines

Type	Cargo ship
Country	British
Built	1924	GRT	5,198

Date of attack	28 Jan 1941	Time	2100 2042 or 2130 (e)
Fate	Sunk by submarine Luigi Torelli (C.F. Primo Longobardo)
Position of attack	54° 54'N, 19° 00'W
Complement	42 (no casualties, 42 survivors)
Convoy	ex-HX 102
Notes	At 1132 hours, a smoke was observed very far. Torelli trailed the vessel under frequent rain squalls. At 2100 hours, a single torpedo )533mm, S.I. type) was fired from a bow tube at a distance of 400 metres. It hit amidship and the vessel sank rapidly bow first. This was the British *Urla* (5,198 GRT, built 1924) on a voyage from Halifax to Manchester, a straggler of convoy HX 102. All forty-two crew members were later rescued.