Barrdale
Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Barrdale | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5.072 tons | ||
| Completed | 1925 - Greenock Dockyard Co Ltd, Greenock | ||
| Owner | Barr, Crombie & Co Ltd, Glasgow | ||
| Homeport | Glasgow | ||
| Date of attack | 17 May, 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-156 (Werner Hartenstein) | ||
| Position | 15.15N, 52.27W - Grid EE 6377 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 53 (1 dead and 52 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | New York (9 May) - Capetown - Basrah - Abadan | ||
| Cargo | 9824 tons of government and general cargo | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 21.04 hours on 17 May 1942, the unescorted Barrdale (Master Frank Jameson Stirling) was torpedoed and sunk by U-156 east of Martinique. One gunner was lost. The master, 44 crew members and seven gunners were picked up by the Argentinian merchant Rio Iguazi and landed at Pernambuco. | ||
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