Barrwhin
Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Barrwhin | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4,998 tons | ||
| Completed | 1929 - Greenock Dockyard Co Ltd, Greenock | ||
| Owner | Sir William Reardon Smith & Sons Ltd, Cardiff | ||
| Homeport | Glasgow | ||
| Date of attack | 29 Oct 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-436 (Günther Seibicke) | ||
| Position | 55.02N, 22.45W - Grid AL 5482 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 114 (24 dead and 90 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | HX-212 | ||
| Route | Halifax - London | ||
| Cargo | 8200 tons of grain and military stores | ||
| History | Completed in October 1929 for Barr, Crombie & Co Ltd, Glasgow. 1940 sold to Sir William Reardon Smith & Sons Ltd, Cardiff. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 21.18 hours on 29 Oct, 1942, the Barrwhin (Master Thomas Sydney Dixon) in convoy HX-212 was hit by one torpedo from U-436 and sank quickly south of Iceland. The ship had rescued 60 survivors from the Kosmos II, which had been sunk by U-624 (Soden-Fraunhofen) at 03.05 hours the same day. 12 crew members and 12 survivors were lost. | ||
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