https://www.naval-history.net/Maps1939-08RNStations.GIF
SS Rad seen as former Thistletor. Photo www.uboat.net
Built: 1910
Tonnage: 4,201 / 7,600 tons
Cargo: Chemicals
Route: Baltimore – Durban
Sunk 03 AUG 40 by UA on pos. 11° 20'N 21° 00'W
0 Dead
29 Survivors
Completed in August 1910 as British Thistletor for Albyn Line Ltd (Allan, Black & Co), Sunderland. 1930 sold to Yugoslavia and renamed Rad for Plovidba Rad (Banaz & Rusko), Dubrovnik.
German submarine U-A stopped Yugoslavian ship Rad at 19 00 hours 300 miles off of the coast of Senegal in western Africa and later found out she was carrying chemicals from the United States for South Africa; the crew of 29 was put to lifeboats, and U-A sank Rad with a torpedo. The survivors were picked up by the British steam merchant Grodno and landed at Freetown.
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