Zealand:

The Zealand was a Steam Cargo vessel of 1,433 Grt. built at Barclay, Curle & Co., Whiteinch, Glasgow for Leith, Hull & Hamburg S. P. Co., Ltd., (James Currie & Co., Ltd.), Leith.She was launched on 11 november 1935 and completed in January of 1936. The ship was 262.1 feet in length, 40.4 feet in beam, 15.9 feet in draught, with a triple-expansion engine and single propellers providing her with a speed of 10-12 knots.
                                                                The "Zealand"


     The "Zealand" (below) after what appears to have been conversion into a passenger cargo vessel.
On 28 June 1942, the Zealand, under command of Master Lancelot James Branagan, was steaming South-Soutwest of Haifa, Israel with convoy Codename "Metril" consisting of 3 merchant vessels and escorts, when the German submarine U-97 (Friedrich Burgel) fired a spread of two torpedoes at the convoy. At 1316 in the afternoon, the Zealand was hit and sunk at position 32.27N/34.43E taking with her ten crew members and four gunners. The U-97 fired a stern torpedo at 1324 which struck and damaged another merchant vessel in the convoy, the Memas. The escort HMS Islay T172 rescued the Zealand's master, twelve crewmembers, and six gunners, and then delivered them to Haifa.
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