Harpagon
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| Name | Harpagon | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5.719 tons | ||
| Completed | 1935 - Lithgows Ltd, Port Glasgow | ||
| Owner | J. & C. Harrison Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 20 Apr, 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-109 (Heinrich Bleichrodt) | ||
| Position | 34.35N, 65.50W - Grid DC 3225 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 49 (41 dead and 8 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | New York (17 Apr) - Capetown - Bombay | ||
| Cargo | 8017 tons of general cargo, including explosives, aircraft and tanks | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 05.24 hours on 20 Apr, 1942, the unescorted Harpagon (Master Robert William Edward Laycock) was torpedoed and sunk by U-109 about 150 miles north-northwest of Bermuda. The master, 34 crew members and six gunners were lost. Eight crew members were picked up by the Argentinian merchant Rio Diamante and landed at Buenos Aires. | ||
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