British Workman
Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | British Workman | ||
| Type: | Steam tanker | ||
| Tonnage | 6,994 tons | ||
| Completed | 1922 - Workman, Clark & Co Ltd, Belfast | ||
| Owner | British Tanker Co Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 3 May 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-455 (Hans-Heinrich Giessler) | ||
| Position | 44.07N, 51.53W - Grid BB 9663 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 53 (6 dead and 47 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | ON-89 (straggler) | ||
| Route | Greenock (23 Apr) - Galveston | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | Completed in April 1922 | ||
| Notes on loss | At 06.38 hours on 3 May 1942, the British Workman (Master Arthur W. Wilson), which was straggling from the convoy ON-89 due to engine troubles, was torpedoed and sunk by U-455 south-southeast of Cape Race. Six crew members were lost. The master, 39 crew members and seven gunners were picked up by HMCS Assiniboine (I 18) (A/LtCdr J.H. Stubbs, RCN) and HMCS Alberni (K 103) (T/Lt A.W. Ford, RCNR) and landed at St. Johns. | ||
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