Kelso
Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Kelso | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 3.956 tons | ||
| Completed | 1924 - Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd, Goole | ||
| Owner | Ellermanīs Wilson Line Ltd, Hull | ||
| Homeport | Hull | ||
| Date of attack | 8 Aug, 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-176 (Reiner Dierksen) | ||
| Position | 56.30N, 32.14W - Grid AK 0247 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 44 (3 dead and 41 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | SC-94 | ||
| Route | New York - Sydney (31 Jul) - Liverpool | ||
| Cargo | 4618 tons of general cargo, including 2000 tons of ammunition | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 15.18 hours on 8 Aug, 1942, U-176 fired two spreads each of two torpedoes at the convoy SC-94 southeast of Cape Farewell and heard two hits after 1 minute 20 seconds and one hit each after 1 minute 34 seconds and 2 minutes 11 seconds, then sinking noises were heard. The victims were Trehata in station #51, Kelso in station #52 and the Mount Kassion in station #53. Three crew members from the Kelso (Master Alfred Hinchcliff) were lost. The master, 34 crew members and six gunners were picked up by HMCS Battleford (K 165) (Lt R.J. Roberts) and landed at Gourock. | ||
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