British Viscount
Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | British Viscount | ||
| Type: | Steam tanker | ||
| Tonnage | 6.895 tons | ||
| Completed | 1921 - Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd, Wallsend, Sunderland | ||
| Owner | British Tanker Co Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 3 Apr, 1941 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-73 (Helmut Rosenbaum) | ||
| Position | 58.15N, 27.30W - Grid AK 3687 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 48 (28 dead and 20 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | SC-26 (dispersed) | ||
| Route | Curaçao - Sydney - Scapa Flow | ||
| Cargo | 9500 tons of Admiralty fuel oil | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 08.32 hours on 3 Apr, 1941, the British Viscount (Master William Coghill Baikie), dispersed from convoy SC-26 three hours before, was torpedoed by U-73 south-southwest of Iceland. The tanker caught fire, was abandoned and foundered later in 58°18N/27°50W. The master and 27 crew members were lost. 18 crew members and two gunners were picked up by the British destroyer HMS Havelock (H 88) (Cdr E.H. Thomas DSC) and landed at Liverpool. | ||
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