"calabria" left freetown in sierra leone with convoy sls-56 to the uk but fell behind. on the evening of sunday 8 december german type ix submarine , commanded by the u-boat ace viktor schütze, torpedoed her in the western approaches about west of slyne head in county galway, ireland. u-103 hit "calabria" with one torpedo at 2058 hrs and a second at 2106 hrs. all 360 hands and passengers were lost: there were no survivors.