Category: Attack Narratives
SS Somme sunk by U-108/Scholtz NE of Bermuda, motor launch floated free, was sunk, 3 lifeboats never found, all perished
SS Robin Hood US ship sunk by U-575/Heydemann NW of Bermuda, 14 killed, 26 rescued by USS Greer, taken to Bermuda
SS Oakmar, sunk by U-71/Flchsenberg NW of Bermuda 20 Mar 42, 30 men found in lifeboat, other lifeboat w/ captain missing
M/V Peisander sunk by U-653/Feiler: 1 boat shunned by ship which was sunk 4 hours later, 2 boats shunned rescue ship off Nantucket
M/T Norland sunk by U-108/Scholtz: all 48 men rescued by 10 ships, 1 plane, attacked by U-boats 3 times, aided by U-boats 3 times….
M/S Pleasantville sunk by U-135/Praetorius, 10 men rescued by Chickasaw City, 35 by Polish ship Paderewski, taken to Trinidad
M/T Pan Norway sunk by U-123/Hardegen NE of Bermuda: neutral Mount Aetna came to rescue of 40 Norwegians, took them to Lisbon
SS West Notus sunk by U-404/von Bülow NW of Bermuda – Capt & 3 KIA, 36 men picked up by MV Saentis, SS Constantinos H, landed NY & BDA
SS Tacoma Star sunk by U-109/Bleichrodt NE of Bermuda; SOS gave wrong position so 97 men perished
SS Uskbridge sunk by U-93/Korth off UK, 21 survivors landed Bermuda aboard SS Cristales Oct. 1940
SS St. Margaret sunk by U-66/Markworth; survivors rescued by USS Hobson, Capt. made POW in Germany, 3 KIA
SS Triglav sunk by U-66/Markworth SE of Bermuda, 19 men rescued by SS Iciar of Spain, taken to Gibraltar, 24 lost
SS Westmoreland sunk by U-566/Borchert, 20 men rescued by Henry R. Mallory, 45 by SS Carthart
M/T Victolite, sunk by U-564/Suhren 260 miles NNW of Bermuda Feb. 11th 1942 – all 47 men perished
M/S Opawa sunk by U-106/Rasch in Feb. 1942 NE of Bermuda: 54 men in 3 boats perished, 1 boat rescued by Dutch ship Hercules, landed New York
M/T Narragansett sunk by U-105/Schuch North of Bermuda March 1942 – all 49 men aboard perished, ship sighted by planes afire and hull-up
M/T Opalia attacked by U-564/Suhren N of Bermuda Feb 42: Claimed to have been sunk but later used as Suez Crisis blockade ship
M/T Montrolite sunk by U-109/Bleichrodt NE of Bermuda Feb. 1942, 1 boat of 3 rescued by SS Winkleigh by chance
SS Lady Drake sunk by U-106/Rasch, 256 survivors passed by Queen Mary, rescued by tug USS Owl landed Bermuda May 1942
SS Modesta sunk by U-108/Scholtz 100 m NE of Bermuda in April 1942, rescued by Belgian Airman, Durban Castle
M/T Davila attacked by R.Smg. Enrico Tazzoli 20 March 1942 NE of Bermuda – it fired back and escaped
by Eric Wiberg
M/T Rapana attacked by R.Smg. Enrico Tazzoli under di Cossato SE of Bermuda 3 March 1942 & escaped
by Eric Wiberg