Yorkmoor
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| Name | Yorkmoor | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4,457 tons | ||
| Completed | 1925 - J. Readhead & Sons Ltd, South Shields | ||
| Owner | Walter Runciman & Co Ltd, Newcastle-upon-Tyne | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 28 May 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-506 (Erich Würdemann) | ||
| Position | 29.30N, 72.29W - Grid DC 5844 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 46 (0 dead and 46 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | St.Thomas, Virgin Islands (23 May) - New York | ||
| Cargo | 6700 tons of bauxite | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 03.12 hours on 28 May, 1942, U-506 began shelling the unescorted Yorkmoor (Master Thomas Harrison Matthews) north-northeast of Bahamas. At 04.42 hours, the ship sank in position 29°54´30N/72°25´30W. The master, 40 crew members and five gunners abandoned ship, were picked up by a US Coast Guard cutter and landed at Morehead City, North Carolina. | ||
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