Peterton
Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Peterton | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5.221 tons | ||
| Completed | 1919 - Richardson, Duck & Co Ltd, Stockton-on-Tees | ||
| Owner | R. Chapman & Son, Newcastle-upon-Tyne | ||
| Homeport | Newcastle | ||
| Date of attack | 17 Sep, 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-109 (Heinrich Bleichrodt) | ||
| Position | 18.45N, 29.15W - Grid EH 3258 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 43 (9 dead and 34 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | OG-80 (dispersed) | ||
| Route | London - Hull - Oban (1 Sep) - Buenos Aires | ||
| Cargo | 5758 tons of coal | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 13.14 hours on 17 Sep, 1942, the Peterton (Master Thomas William Marrie), dispersed from convoy OG-80, was hit by three torpedoes from U-109 and sank by the bow after capsizing northwest of the Cape Verde Islands. Nine crew members were lost. The master was taken prisoner by the U-boat, landed at Lorient on 6 October and brought to the POW camp Milag Nord. 22 survivors in a lifeboat were picked up after 49 days by the British armed trawler HMS Canna (T 161) (Lt W.N. Bishop-Laggett) and landed at Freetown. Eleven further survivors were picked up by the Empire Whimbrel and landed at Buenos Aires on 11 October. | ||
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