Menin Ridge
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| Name | Menin Ridge | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 2.474 tons | ||
| Completed | 1924 - Burntisland Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Burntisland | ||
| Owner | Ridge Steamship Co Ltd, Cardiff | ||
| Homeport | Cardiff | ||
| Date of attack | 24 Oct, 1939 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-37 (Werner Hartmann) | ||
| Position | 36.01N, 07.22W - Grid CG 9467 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 25 (20 dead and 5 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Djidjelli, Algeria - Port Talbot | ||
| Cargo | 4200 tons of iron ore | ||
| History | Completed in October 1924 as Pentiron for Lambert Barnett & Co, London. 1930 renamed Menin Ridge for Ridge Steamship Co Ltd, Cardiff. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 06.16 hours on 24 Oct, 1939, the unescorted Menin Ridge (Master David Emlyn Powell) was hit by one torpedo from U-37 and sank immediately about 90 miles west of Gibraltar. The ship had been missed by a first torpedo at 01.16 hours. The master and 19 crew members were lost. Five crew members were picked up by the American motor merchant Crown City and landed at Gibraltar. | ||
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