Grangepark
| Name | Grangepark | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5.132 tons | ||
| Completed | 1919 - Greenock & Grangemouth Dockyard Co Ltd, Greenock | ||
| Owner | J. & J. Denholm Ltd, Glasgow | ||
| Homeport | Greenock | ||
| Date of attack | 20 Nov, 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-263 (Kurt Nölke) | ||
| Position | 35.55N, 10.14W - Grid CG 8731 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 71 (4 dead and 67 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | KMS-3 | ||
| Route | Barry (3 Nov) - Clyde (8 Nov) - Oran | ||
| Cargo | 2000 tons of government stores | ||
| History | Laid down as War Canna for The Shipping Controller, completed in November 1919 as Grangepark for J. & J. Denholm Ltd, Glasgow.
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| Notes on loss | At 10.12 and 10.13 hours on 20 Nov, 1942, U-263 fired torpedoes at the convoy KMS-3 west of Gibraltar and observed hits after 13 seconds, 47 seconds, 1 minute 27 seconds and 1 minute 47 seconds. Nölke observed two ships sinking and one burning. In fact, the Prins Harald and Grangepark were sunk and one torpedo exploded in the net defences of the British steam merchant Ocean Pilgrim (7173 tons). The master, 40 crew members, 16 gunners, one signalman and nine passengers (US Army personnel) form the Grangepark (Master John Scott Webster) were picked up by HMS Fowey (L 15) (Cdr L.B.A. Majendie, RN) and landed at Gibraltar. Three crew members and one passenger died. | ||
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