SHIPS HIT BRITAIN 240 * - D E F

30)EMPIRE MAHSEER MoWT U-160*

https://www.naval-history.net/Maps1939-08RNStations.GIF

Empire Mahseer seen as former Liberty Bell. Photo City of Vancouver Archives CVA 447-5705

Built: 1920

Tonnage: 5,087 / 8,015 tons

Cargo: 2000 tons of manganese ore 

Route: Fanara - Durban - Bahia - Trinidad - Baltimore 

Sunk 04 MAR 43 by U-160 on pos. 32° 01'S, 30° 48'E

18 Dead

36 Survivors

Laid down as Coleta, completed in March 1920 as Liberty Bell for US Shipping Board (USSB), Philadelphia. 1921 sold to Pioneer SS Corp, New York. 1923 returned to USSB and 1937 sold to Lykes Bros SS Co Inc, New Orleans. 1941 given to Britain and renamed Empire Mahseer by Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). 

At 01.10 hours on 4 March 1943, U-160 made a second attack at the convoy DN-21 east-northeast of East London and reported hits on two ships, one of which was thought to have been sunk and the other left in sinking condition. In fact, the Empire Mahseer (Master Morgan Williams) was hit by two torpedoes and sank within two minutes. 17 crew members and one gunner were lost. The master, 29 crew members and six gunners were picked up by HMS Norwich (FY 229) (Lt L.H. Stammers, RNVR) and landed at Durban.

By. https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/2712.html

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