W.C. Teagle
| Name | W.C. Teagle | ||
| Type: | Steam tanker | ||
| Tonnage | 9,552 tons | ||
| Completed | 1917 - Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp, Sparrow´s Point MD | ||
| Owner | Panama Transport Co (Anglo-American Oil Co), London | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 17 Oct 1941 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-558 (Günther Krech) | ||
| Position | 57N, 25W - Grid AL 1966 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 50 (40 dead and 10 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | SC-48 | ||
| Route | Aruba - Sydney - Swansea | ||
| Cargo | 15.000 tons of fuel oil | ||
| History | In 1940 the W.C. Teagle of Standard Oil Co of New Jersey, New York was transferred to Panama Transport Co, Panama and later that year registered in Britain. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 01.28, 01.31 and 01.49 hours on 17 Oct, 1941, U-558 fired her bow torpedoes from the starboard quarter at the convoy SC-48 about 600 miles west of Rockall and reported a possible hit on a tanker, another tanker and one steamer sunk. The U-boat sank the ships in station #103 and #104, the W.C. Teagle and Erviken. At 02.14 hours, the stern torpedo was fired, which sank the Rym. The master, 38 crew members and one gunner from W.C. Teagle (Master Harold Redvers Barlow ) were lost. Ten crew members were picked up by HMS Broadwater (H 81) (LtCdr W.M.L. Astwood), but nine of them were lost when the destroyer was sunk the next day. The sole survivor, radio officer N.D. Houston, was picked up by HMS Veronica (K 37) (LtCdr D.F. White) and landed at Londonderry. | ||
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