Hylton
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| Name | Hylton | ||
| Type: | Motor merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5.197 tons | ||
| Completed | 1937 - William Pickersgill & Sons Ltd, Sunderland | ||
| Owner | W.A. Souter & Co Ltd, Newcastle-upon-Tyne | ||
| Homeport | Newcastle | ||
| Date of attack | 29 Mar, 1941 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-48 (Herbert Schultze) | ||
| Position | 60.20N, 18.10W - Grid AE 7844 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 44 (0 dead and 44 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | HX-115 | ||
| Route | Vancouver - Panama - Halifax - Tyne | ||
| Cargo | 6900 tons of lumber and 1500 tons of wheat | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 06.19 hours on 29 Mar, 1941, U-48 fired her first torpedo at the convoy HX-115 south of Iceland and reported a hit on the Hylton, but in fact the Germanic was hit. The second torpedo fired at 06.24 hours missed and the next two torpedoes, fired at 06.27 and 06.55 hours, did not hit the targets but instead two ships beyond it. The Limbourg was hit at this time. The xB-Dienst presumed a hit on the Athelprince and a hit on the British steam merchant Masunda (5250 tons) was reported, but these ships were in fact not struck. It seems that either the Germanic or the Limbourg were hit more than once. At 08.06 hours, U-48 attacked the convoy again and this time the Hylton was sunk about 600 miles west of Cape Wrath. The Hylton (Master Watson Edward O´Connell) was the ship of the convoy commodore Admiral Sir C.G. Ramsey KCB RN. The master, the commodore, six naval staff members, 34 crew members and two gunners were picked up by the British corvette HMS Dianella (K 07) (Lt J.G. Rankin) and landed at Londonderry. | ||
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