Date of attack

29 Sep 1943

Fate

Sunk by U-532 (Ottoheinrich Junker)

Position 09.26N, 71.20E - Grid LC 1224

Torpedoed and Sunk - 1943

Complement

100 (1 dead and 99 survivors).

Route

Colombo (27 Sep) - Aden - UK

Cargo

4700 tons of coconut oil, copra, plumbago, rubber and tea

Notes on loss  

At 20.56 hours on 29 Sep, 1943, the Banffshire (Master Herbert Evans) was torpedoed and sunk by U-532 southwest of the Laccadive Islands.

One crew member was lost.

The master, 88 crew members and ten gunners were picked up by HMIS Rajputana (J 197) (Lt W.G. Coltham, RIN) and landed at Colombo.

Master

From

To

W J Page


1932

G Dunn


1943

H Evans

1943

9/1943

Torpedoed & sunk

   Crew List

Career Summary

Ex Clan MacRae (2)

1921 Transferred from Clan Line renamed Banffshire

1943 Torpedoed and sunk in Indian Ocean

Vessel

Built

Tonnage

Official No

Ship Builder

Engine Builder

Engine Type

HP

Screws

Banffshire (2)

1911

5058

133005

Wm Doxford

Sunderland

Wm Doxford

Sunderland

Triple Expansion Steam

666 NHP

4000 IHP

1

Banffshire (2)

HVDP

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