Prescodoc
| Name | Prescodoc | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 1,938 tons | ||
| Completed | 1929 - Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd, Wallsend, Sunderland | ||
| Owner | Paterson Steamships Ltd, Fort William, Ontario | ||
| Homeport | Fort William | ||
| Date of attack | 29 Jul 1942 | Nationality:  Canadian | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-160 (Georg Lassen) | ||
| Position | 08.50N, 59.05W - Grid EO 1576 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 21 (15 dead and 6 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Georgetown, British Guiana - Trinidad | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 10.19 hours on 29 Jul, 1942, the unescorted Prescodoc (Master John Charles Prowse) was torpedoed and sunk by U-160 northwest of Georgetown, British Guiana. 15 crew members were lost. The master and five crew members were picked up by Predsednik Kopajtic and landed at Port of Spain, Trinidad. | ||
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