UA

Launched March 23,1939 as Turkish Batiray.
Requisitioned for Kriegsmarine and renamed UA.
Decommissioned May,1944
Scuttled May,1945

These photos show UA towing lifeboats and carrying survivors on the afterdeck.The survivors were from the raider Atlantis and tanker Python.Both ships had been sunk by Royal Navy cruisers in December,1941 while refueling U-boats.