Heronspool
Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Heronspool | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5.202 tons | ||
| Completed | 1929 - W. Gray & Co Ltd, West Hartlepool | ||
| Owner | Sir R. Ropner & Co Ltd, West Hartlepool | ||
| Homeport | West Hartlepool | ||
| Date of attack | 13 Oct, 1939 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-48 (Herbert Schultze) | ||
| Position | 50.13N, 14.48W - Grid BE 3194 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | ? men (0 dead and ? survivors). | ||
| Convoy | OB-17 (straggler) | ||
| Route | Swansea - Montreal | ||
| Cargo | 8000 tons of coal | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 01.16 hours on 13 Oct, 1939, the unescorted Heronspool (Master Sydney Edward Batson OBE) was hit by one torpedo from U-48 and sank 260 miles southwest of Cape Clear. The vessel had been missed by five torpedoes fired by the U-boat at 20.24, 21.15, 23.05, 23.50 and 23.52 hours on 12 October. The master and crew were rescued by the American passenger ship President Harding and landed at New York. | ||
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