Loch Don
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| Name | Loch Don | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5,249 tons | ||
| Completed | 1937 - J.L. Thompson & Sons Ltd, North Sands, Sunderland | ||
| Owner | Maclay & McIntyre Ltd, Glasgow | ||
| Homeport | Glasgow | ||
| Date of attack | 1 Apr 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-202 (Hans-Heinz Linder) | ||
| Position | 37.05N, 61.40W - Grid CB 8387 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 47 (3 dead and 44 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | New York (29 Mar) - Capetown | ||
| Cargo | 6000 tons of general cargo | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 23.14 hours on 1 Apr, 1942, the unescorted Loch Don (Master Malcolm Wright Anderson) was torpedoed and sunk by U-202 about 500 miles north-northeast of Bermuda. Three crew members were lost. The master, 37 crew members and six gunners were picked up by the Helen Forsey and landed at Burin, Newfoundland. | ||
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