Rhineland
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| Name | Rhineland | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 1.381 tons | ||
| Completed | 1922 - AG Weser, Bremen | ||
| Owner | James Currie & Co Ltd, Leith | ||
| Homeport | Leith | ||
| Date of attack | 21 Sep, 1941 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-201 (Adalbert Schnee) | ||
| Position | 47N, 22W - Grid BE 4944 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 26 (26 dead - no survivors) | ||
| Convoy | OG-74 | ||
| Route | Clyde - Lisbon - Gibraltar | ||
| Cargo | 912 tons of coal and bags of mail | ||
| History | Built as Altengamme, later renamed Rhineland | ||
| Notes on loss | At 23.20 and 23.21 hours on 21 Sep, 1941, U-201 fired torpedoes at the convoy OG-74 about 800 miles north-northeast of the Azores and reported two ships sunk. The ships hit were Lissa and Rhineland. The Rhineland (Master John Thorburn Gilroy) was sunk by a coup de grāce at 23.41 hours. The master, 22 crew members and three gunners were lost. | ||
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