Aylesbury
Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Aylesbury | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 3.944 tons | ||
| Completed | 1932 - Burntisland Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Burntisland | ||
| Owner | Alexander Capper & Co Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 9 Jul, 1940 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-43 (Wilhelm Ambrosius) | ||
| Position | 48.39N, 13.33W - Grid BE 3853 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 35 (0 dead and 35 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Buenos Aires - Avonmouth | ||
| Cargo | General cargo and grain | ||
| History | Completed in August 1932 | ||
| Notes on loss | At 21.19 hours on 9 Jul, 1940, the unescorted Aylesbury (Master Theodore Pryser) was hit aft by one G7e torpedo from U-43 and sank by the stern 15 minutes after being hit in the engine room by a coup de grāce at 21.35 hours about 200 miles southeast of Ireland. The ship had been missed by a first G7e torpedo at 21.16 hours. The master and 34 crew members were picked up by HMS Harvester (H 19) (LtCdr M. Thornton, RN) and HMS Havelock (H 88) (Capt E.B.K. Stevens, DSC, RN) and landed at Liverpool. | ||
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