Designer
Photo courtesy of the Allen Collection
| Name | Designer | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5,945 tons | ||
| Completed | 1928 - D. & W. Henderson & Co Ltd, Glasgow | ||
| Owner | T. & J. Harrison, Liverpool | ||
| Homeport | Liverpool | ||
| Date of attack | 9 Jul 1941 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-98 (Robert Gysae) | ||
| Position | 42.59N, 31.40W - Grid CE 1344 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 78 (67 dead and 11 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | OB-341 (dispersed) | ||
| Route | Ellesmere Port - Capetown | ||
| Cargo | Military stores and 200 bags of mail | ||
| History | Completed in September 1928 | ||
| Notes on loss | At 01.55 hours on 9 Jul, 1941, the Designer (Master Donald Archibald McCallum), dispersed on 6 July from convoy OB-341 in 48°30N/26°30W, was hit in the foreship by one of two torpedoes from U-98 and sank after six minutes north-northwest of the Azores. The master and 66 crew members were lost. On 10 July, ten crew members (lascars) and one gunner in one lifeboat were picked up by the Portuguese sailing ship Souta Princesca and landed at Leixoes. | ||
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