Lord Strathcona
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The
steamer Lord Strathcona was built in Sunderland in 1915,
and served as a transatlantic freighter between America
and England. She survived the first world war and had a
straightforward career until1942. While she laid at anchor
outside Bell island together with several other ships, she
was attacked 5.
September 1942 by the German uboat U-513 under
command of Rolf Rüggeberg. She was the second ship to be
attacked and while she searched for survivors from the merchant
steamer Saganaga, she was struck by two torpedoes
and sank within a couple of minutes. The wreck rest today
on a depth of 22 to 37 meter outside Bell island.
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| 47° 35' N, 52° 59' W ( Source: Uboat.net )  Picture: Lord Stratcona Originally from skovheim.org Last updated: December 2019 |
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