Brockley Hill
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| Name | Brockley Hill | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5.297 tons | ||
| Completed | 1919 - Caird & Co Ltd, Greenock | ||
| Owner | Counties Ship Management Co Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 24 Jun, 1941 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-651 (Peter Lohmeyer) | ||
| Position | 58.30N, 38.20W - Grid AK 1973 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 42 (0 dead and 42 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | HX-133 | ||
| Route | Montreal (12 Jun) - Sydney (16 Jun) - London | ||
| Cargo | 7000 tons of grain | ||
| History | Launched as British War Burman, completed April 1919 as Burgondier for Lloyd Royal Belge Ltd. London; 1923 transferred to Lloyd Royal Belge SA, Antwerp and registered in Belgium; 1926 renamed British Azul for Buenos Ayres Great Southern Railway Co, London; 1935 sold to Kaye, Son & Co Ltd, London; 1936 renamed David Dawson for Georgian SN Co Ltd, London; 1937 renamed Greek Penteli for J.A. Coulouthros and N.N. Embiricos, Andros; 1939 renamed British Brockley Hill for Brockley Hill SS Co Ltd (Counties Ship Management) , London
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| Notes on loss | At 21.06 hours on 24 Jun, 1941, the Brockley Hill (Master James Howard Williams) in convoy HX-133 was torpedoed and sunk by U-651 southeast of Cape Farewell. The master, 37 crew members and four gunners were picked up by the British merchant Saugor and landed at Loch Ewe. | ||
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