Allister
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| Name | Allister | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 1,597 tons | ||
| Completed | 1903 - Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd, Walker-on-Tyne | ||
| Owner | James S. Webster & Sons, Kingston, Jamaica | ||
| Homeport | Kingston | ||
| Date of attack | 29 May 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-504 (Hans-Georg Friedrich Poske) | ||
| Position | 18.23N, 81.13W - Grid EB 2120 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 23 (15 dead and 8 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Kingston, Jamaica - Tampa | ||
| Cargo | 500 tons of bananas | ||
| History | Completed in July 1903 as Powerful for F.H. Powell & Co, Liverpool. 1914 renamed Eastern Coast for Powell, Bacon & Hough Lines Ltd, Liverpool. 1919 renamed Perez for British Hispano Line Ltd, Liverpool. 1920 renamed Eaton Grove for Eaton Hall SS Co (Davies, David, Daniel), Cardiff. 1923 registered in Honduras as Algeria for American Fruit & SS Corp (Vaccaro Bros & Co), La Ceiba. 1936 sold to Jamaica and renamed Allister for J.S. Webster & Sons, Kingston. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 21.37 hours on 29 May 1942, the unescorted Allister was torpedoed and sunk by U-504 54 miles south of Grand Cayman Island. 15 crew members were lost. Eight crew members landed at Port au Prince, Haiti. | ||
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