Pontypridd
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| Name | Pontypridd | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4.458 tons | ||
| Completed | 1924 - Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Howden-on-Tyne | ||
| Owner | R.E. Morel & Co Ltd, Cardiff | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 11 Jun, 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-94 (Otto Ites) | ||
| Position | 49.50N, 41.37W - Grid BC 3542 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 48 (2 dead and 46 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | ONS-100 (straggler) | ||
| Route | Immingham - Loch Ewe - Father Point - Sydney | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 14.46 hours on 11 Jun, 1942, the Pontypridd (Master Herbert Vivian Bradley Morden), a straggler from convoy ONS-100, was hit in the bow by one torpedo from U-569 (Hinsch) and buckled amidships after being hit by a coup de grāce from the same U-boat. At 16.06 hours, U-94 fired a coup de grāce at the now straggling Pontypridd, which sank at 17.07 hours northeast of St.Johns. Two crew members were lost. The master was taken prisoner by U-569, landed at La Pallice on 28 June and was taken to the POW camp Milag Nord. 42 crew members and three gunners were picked up by HMCS Chambly (K 116) (Lt J.D. Prentice) and landed at St.Johns. | ||
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