Athelknight
Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Athelknight | ||
| Type: | Motor tanker | ||
| Tonnage | 8.940 tons | ||
| Completed | 1930 - R. Duncan & Co Ltd, Port Glasgow | ||
| Owner | United Molasses Co Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | Liverpool | ||
| Date of attack | 27 May, 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-172 (Carl Emmermann) | ||
| Position | 27.50N, 46.00W - Grid DE 9654 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 52 (9 dead and 43 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | OS-28 (dispersed) | ||
| Route | Barry - Curaçao | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 03.19 hours on 27 May 1942, the Athelknight (Master Hugh Roberts), dispersed from convoy OS-28, was torpedoed and sunk by gunfire by U-172 southeast of Bermuda. Four crew members and five gunners were lost. The master, 39 crew members and three gunners were rescued: the master and 24 survivors after 28 days by the British merchant Empire Austin and landed at Capetown; the second officer and 17 survivors landed on St.Bartholomew Island, Leeward Islands on 23 June, after sailing in a lifeboat for about 1200 miles. | ||
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