Holmside
Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Holmside | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 3.433 tons | ||
| Completed | 1930 - Cowpen Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Blyth | ||
| Owner | Burnett SS Co Ltd, Newcastle-upon-Tyne | ||
| Homeport | Newcastle | ||
| Date of attack | 19 Jul, 1941 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-66 (Richard Zapp) | ||
| Position | 19N, 21.30W - Grid DT 9515 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 37 (21 dead and 16 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | OG-67 (dispersed) | ||
| Route | Hull - Pepel | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 10.42 hours on 19 Jul, 1941, the Holmside (Master Norman Caulfield), dispersed from convoy OG-67, was torpedoed and sunk by U-66 northeast of the Cape Verde Islands. 18 crew members and three gunners were lost. The master, 13 crew members and two gunners were picked up by the Portuguese merchant Sete Cidades and landed at Lisbon on 1 August. | ||
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