Holmside
Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Holmside | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 3,433 tons | ||
| Completed | 1930 - Cowpen Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Blyth | ||
| Owner | Burnett SS Co Ltd, Newcastle-upon-Tyne | ||
| Homeport | Newcastle | ||
| Date of attack | 19 Jul 1941 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-66 (Richard Zapp) | ||
| Position | 19N, 21.30W - Grid DT 9515 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 37 (21 dead and 16 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | OG-67 (dispersed) | ||
| Route | Hull - Pepel | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | Completed in August 1930 | ||
| Notes on loss | At 10.42 hours on 19 Jul, 1941, the Holmside (Master Norman Caulfield), dispersed from convoy OG-67, was hit by three torpedoes from U-66 and sank within 15 minutes northeast of the Cape Verde Islands. During a first attack the ship had been missed with two stern and two bow torpedoes between 03.16 and 03.23 hours. 18 crew members and three gunners were lost. The master, 13 crew members and two gunners were picked up by the Portuguese steam merchant Sete Cidades and landed at Lisbon on 1 August. | ||
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