Grelhead
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| Name | Grelhead | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4,274 tons | ||
| Completed | 1915 - Richardson, Duck & Co Ltd, Stockton-on-Tees | ||
| Owner | W.T. Gould & Co Ltd, Cardiff | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 2 Dec 1941 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-562 (Horst Hamm) | ||
| Position | Grid CH 7761 | ||
| Complement | 43 (41 dead and 2 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Melilla, Spanish Marocco - UK | ||
| Cargo | 6900 tons of iron ore | ||
| History | Built as Beachy Head, 1918 renamed Grelhead | ||
| Notes on loss | At 01.19 hours on 2 Dec, 1941, the unescorted Grelhead (Master Charles John Pirie) was torpedoed and sunk by U-562 two miles north of Punta Negri, Morocco. The master, 34 crew members and six gunners were lost. Two crew members were rescued and landed at Tangiers. | ||
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