AH-WR-1250

SS Dinaric

Cargo Steamship · United Kingdom · Lost 1942 · The Gulf of St Lawrence

A timber-laden freighter in convoy QS-15 was torpedoed by U-132 in the St. Lawrence River in July 1942.

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The Vessel and Her Loss

Dinaric, originally built in 1919 and sailing under British registry after being taken over from Yugoslav owners, was torpedoed by U-132 on July 6, 1942, while in convoy QS-15 carrying timber and steel near Cap-Chat, Quebec. Four crew members were killed in the engine room; the rest survived. She was one of three ships U-132 struck in the same convoy attack, alongside Hainaut and Anastassios Pateras.

Vessel

Built: 1919
Builder: Dunlop, Bremner & Co Ltd
Yard: Port Glasgow, Scotland
Material: Steel
Length: Not established
Beam: Not established
Tonnage: 2555
Propulsion: Steam
Owners: Stone & Rolfe Ltd, Llanelly (Ministry of War Transport)

Loss

Date: July 6, 1942
Cause: Enemy action
Location: St. Lawrence River about 10 miles southeast of Cap-Chat, Quebec
Water: St. Lawrence River
Voyage: Rimouski, Quebec → United Kingdom, via Father Point and Sydney, Nova Scotia
Cargo: 957 standards of timber and steel
Aboard: 38
Lives lost: 4
Master: Marijan Zadrijevac