Lady Hawkins
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| Name | Lady Hawkins | ||
| Type: | Steam passenger ship | ||
| Tonnage | 7.988 tons | ||
| Completed | 1928 - Cammell Laird & Co Ltd, Birkenhead | ||
| Owner | Canadian National Steamships Ltd, Montreal | ||
| Homeport | Halifax | ||
| Date of attack | 19 Jan, 1942 | Nationality:  Canadian | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-66 (Richard Zapp) | ||
| Position | 35N, 72.30W - Grid CA 8997 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 322 (251 dead and 71 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Montreal - Halifax - Boston - Bermuda | ||
| Cargo | 2908 tons of general cargo and 213 passengers | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 07.43 hours on 19 Jan, 1942, the unescorted Lady Hawkins (Master Huntly Osborne Giffen) was hit by two torpedoes from U-66 and sank about 150 miles from Cape Hatteras. The master, 85 crew members, one gunner and 164 passengers (including two DBS) were lost. The chief officer, 21 crew members and 49 passengers were picked up after five days by the Coamo and landed at Puerto Rico on 28 January. The chief officer, Percy A. Kelly, was awarded the MBE and the Lloyds War Medal for bravery at sea. | ||
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