SV Toufic El Rahman

History

Name:	SV Toufic El Rahman
Port of registry:
Fate:	Sunk 24 July 1942
General characteristics
Type:	Sailing ship
Tonnage:	30 GRT
Propulsion:	Sails

SV Toufic El Rahman was a Syrian sailing ship that was sunk by the German submarine U-77, 30 nautical miles (56 km) east of Cape Greco, Crete in the Mediterranean Sea, while en route to Haifa.^[1]

Sinking

SV Toufic El Rahman was en route to Haifa. On 24 July 1942 at 18:17, she was stopped by a warning shot of the German submarine U-77 30 nautical miles (56 km) east of Cape Greco, Crete in the Mediterranean Sea and later sunk with 25 rounds from the U-boat's deck gun after the crew had abandoned ship. All crew survived.^[2]

References

↑ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Toufic El Rahman Syrian Sailing ship". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
↑ "SV Toufic El Rahman (+1942)". wrecksite.eu. 2001. Retrieved 7 April 2016.

Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in July 1942

Shipwrecks	1 Jul: Edward Luckenbach, Montevideo Maru 3 Jul: Alexander Macomb, U-215 4 Jul: Nenohi 5 Jul: Arare,, Empire Byron,, HMS Niger,, River Afton 6 Jul: Avila Star, U-502 7 Jul: RFA Aldersdale, Fiddown, Pan Kraft, U-701 9 Jul: Empire Explorer, Nicholas Cuneo, Santa Rita 10 Jul: El Capitan 11 Jul: U-136 13 Jul: U-153 14 Jul: Pietro Calvi, Shch-317 15 Jul: Empire Attendant, Gloucester Castle, U-576 16 Jul: Fairport, Komintern 17 Jul: U-751 22 Jul: Ayatosan Maru, Southern Seas 24 Jul: Toufic El Rahman, U-90 26 Jul: Oaxaca 27 Jul: HM Motor Gun Boat 501 30 Jul: U-166 31 Jul: USS Grunion, U-213, U-588, U-754

Other incidents	5 Jul: RFA Aldersdale, Pan Kraft 9 Jul: El Capitan 15 Jul: Pennsylvania Sun 19 Jul: Malines 30 Jul: Kōtoku Maru

1941 1942 1943 June 1942 August 1942

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