Kavak
Ship Number
864
Vessel Type
Cargo Ship
Built
Archibald McMillan & Son
Yard
Dumbarton
Slip Number
3
Launch Date
June 19, 1929
Delivered
September 19, 1929
Owner
Moss Steamship Co.
Weight
2743 grt
BP Length
332 feet
Breadth
47 feet
No. of Screws
Single
Speed (approx)
11 knots
Propulsion
1 x 3 cyl. Triple expansion engines supplied by David Rowan & Co. Ltd. 418 n.h.p.
Official No.
161114
Registered
Liverpool
Fate
Sank
Kavak

At 04.06 hours on 2nd December 1940, U Boat U-101 attacked the convoy HX-90 about 340 miles west of Bloody Foreland and reported one ship sunk and another damaged. In fact, only Kavak (Master Jackson Napier) was hit and sunk. The master, 23 crew members and one gunner were lost. 15 crew members and one gunner were picked up by HMS Viscount (D 92) and landed at Liverpool.