Her final voyage was to take her from
Calcutta to the United Kingdom, calling at
Colombo on 6 October 1942 and later at
Cape Town on the way. She carried 7,750 tons of general cargo, including
pig iron,
cotton,
jute and
tea, under the command of her master, Walter Armour Owen. At 2312 hours on 23 October she was travelling unescorted off
East London South Africa, when she was sighted by commanded by
Fritz Poske. The
U-boat torpedoed the
City of Johannesburg, and succeeded in sinking her. Two of the 89 crew were lost, but the master and 12 crew members were rescued by the Dutch cargo ship
Zypenberg, which took them to
Durban. Another 54 crew members were rescued by the British cargo ship and landed at
Port Elizabeth, with the final 20 crew members being picked up by , which took them to Cape Town. ==References==