Baron Kelvin
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| Name | Baron Kelvin | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 3,081 tons | ||
| Completed | 1924 - C. Connell & Co Ltd, Glasgow | ||
| Owner | H. Hogarth & Sons Ltd, Glasgow | ||
| Homeport | Ardrossan | ||
| Date of attack | 19 Oct 1941 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-206 (Herbert Opitz) | ||
| Position | Grid CG 9583 - See estimated map location (35.51N06.24W) * | ||
| Complement | 42 (26 dead and 16 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Lisbon - Gibraltar - Melilla | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 06.14 hours on 19 Oct, 1941, the unescorted Baron Kelvin (Master William Lindsay Ewing) was torpedoed and sunk by U-206 in the Strait of Gibraltar 14 miles 100° from Tarifa Point, Spain. 19 crew members and seven gunners were lost. The master, 12 crew members and two gunners were picked up by the Spanish merchant Urola and landed at Gibraltar. One crew member was rescued by the British destroyer leader HMS Duncan (D 99) (LtCdr A.N. Rowell) and also landed at Gibraltar. | ||
* Estimated position shown here is based on positions of losses in a roughly the same German grid code. It may be a bit off but should give a good idea as to where the attack took place.
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