SHAHRISTAN

When south of the Azores, SS Shahristan was dispesed from OS.1 to make her way independently to Basrah. At 01.38 hours on July 30, 1941, she was torpedoed and sunk by U-371. The position was 35.19N, 23.53W (400 miles WNW of Madeira). Thirty-three survivors were picked up by the Spanish tanker Campeche; thirty-seven survivors by HMS Sunflower and landed at Ponta Delgada, Azores, and six survivors were rescued by HMS Derbyshire and landed at Gourock.  The Master (Eric Henry Wilson), thirty-eight crew members and twenty-six passengers passengers were lost. Eight crew members are commemorated on the Tower Hill Memorial Panel 95 and twenty-one Lascars are commemorated on the Bombay/Chittagong War Memorial.

Tower Hill Memorial Panel 95

DAVIDSON, Second Radio Officer, HAROLD WEAR, S.S. Shahristan (London). Merchant Navy. 29th July 1941. Age 20. Son of Charles Garfield Davidson and Amy Harrison Davidson, of Blindley Heath, Surrey.

DAVIDSON, Third Officer, JOHN, S.S. Shahristan (London). Merchant Navy. 29th July 1941. Age 19.

FULLER, Second Officer, DOUGLAS EDGAR, S.S. Shahristan (London). Merchant Navy. 29th July 1941. Age 27.

HERLIHY, Fifth Engineer Officer, BARTHOLOMEW FRANCIS, S.S. Shahristan (London). Merchant Navy. 29th July 1941. Age 29. Son of Bartholomew and Nellie Herlihy, of Dublin, Irish Republic.

MORRISON, Chief Engineer Officer, CHARLES, S.S. Shahristan (London). Merchant Navy. 13th August 1941. Age 53. Son of Charles and Eleanor Morrison, of Peel, Isle of Man; husband of Emma E. Morrison, of Peel.

PATTERSON, Third Radio Officer, ROBERT, S.S. Shahristan (London). Merchant Navy. 29th July 1941. Age 17.

ROESSLER, Third Engineer Officer, JOHN TWEEDIE, S.S. Shahristan (London). Merchant Navy. 29th July 1941. Age 32. Son of John Thomas Roessler, and of Elspeth Ree Roessler, of Arbroath, Angus.

WILSON, Master, ERIC HENRY, S.S. Shahristan (London). Merchant Navy. 13th August 1941. Age 36. Son of Henry J. and A. M. Wilson; husband of Frances Wilson, of Prestwich, Lancashire.

Bombay/Chittagong War Memorial 

ABDUL KHAIR BALU , Fireman, S.S. Shahristan ( London ), Indian Merchant Navy. 29 July 1941 . Age 50.

ABDUL QADIR , Donkeyman, S.S. Shahristan ( London ), Indian Merchant Navy. 29 July 1941 .

RAHMAN , Fireman, S.S. Shahristan ( London ), Indian Merchant Navy. 29 July 1941 . Age 34.

ANDRADES , General Servant, ALBERT, S.S. Shahristan ( London )., Indian Merchant Navy. 29 July 1941 . Age 26.

BRITTO , Butler , CORNIO RAMIOO, S.S. Shahristan ( London ), Indian Merchant Navy. 29 July 1941 .

DIAS , Chief Cook, SEBASTIAO, S.S. Shahristan ( London ), Indian Merchant Navy. 29 July 1941 . Age 46.

D'SILVA , Chief Cook, ROQUE XAVIER, S.S. Shahristan ( London )., Indian Merchant Navy. 29 July 1941 . Age 56.

FERNANDES , Cook, JERONIMO, S.S. Shahristan ( London ), Indian Merchant Navy. 29 July 1941 . Age 50.

GOMES , Cook, SEUR, S.S. Shahristan ( London ), Indian Merchant Navy. 29 July 1941 . Age 22.

HUSAIN BAPU , Cassab, S.S. Shahristan ( London ), Indian Merchant Navy. 29 July 1941 . Age 52.

IBRAHIM ADAM , Seaman, S.S. Shahristan ( London ), Indian Merchant Navy. 29 July 1941 . Age 35.

IBRAHIM BAWA , Fireman, S.S. Shahristan ( London ), Indian Merchant Navy. 29 July 1941 . Age 30.

ISMAIL IBRAHIM , Seaman, S.S. Shahristan ( London ), Indian Merchant Navy. 29 July 1941 . Age 19.

ISRAIL , General Servant, S.S. Shahristan ( London ), Indian Merchant Navy. 29 July 1941 . Age 30.

JANG BAHADUR , Storekeeper, S.S. Shahristan ( London ), Indian Merchant Navy. 29 July 1941 . Age 25.

MUHAMMAD , Seaman, S.S. Shahristan ( London ), Indian Merchant Navy. 29 July 1941 . Age 20.

MUHAMMAD ALI , Serang, S.S. Shahristan ( London )., Indian Merchant Navy. 29 July 1941 . Age 30.

SHEIKH BABA , Fireman's Serang, S.S. Shahristan ( London ), Indian Merchant Navy. 29 July 1941 . Age 45.

SHEIKH HASAN , Fireman, S.S. Shahristan ( London ), Indian Merchant Navy. 29 July 1941 . Age 32.

SHEIKH KAKA , Winchman, S.S. Shahristan ( London ), Indian Merchant Navy. 29 July 1941 . Age 35.

SHEIKH QADAR , Seaman, S.S. Shahristan ( London ), Indian Merchant Navy. 29 July 1941 . Age 40.

Commemorative data kindly provided by Billy McGee: http://www.british-merchant-navy.co.uk/.