Norfolk
Norfolk under her former name Glenbuckie
| Name | Norfolk | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 1,901 tons | ||
| Completed | 1923 - Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd, Wallsend, Sunderland | ||
| Owner | Canada Steamship Lines Ltd, Montreal | ||
| Homeport | Montreal | ||
| Date of attack | 18 Sep 1942 | Nationality:  Canadian | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-175 (Heinrich Bruns) | ||
| Position | 08.36N, 59.20W - Grid EO 1815 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 19 (6 dead and 13 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Paramaribo - Trinidad | ||
| Cargo | 3055 tons of bauxite | ||
| History | Built as Glenbuckie for Great Lakes Transportation Co Ltd (James Playfair), Midland, Ontario. 1925 sold to George Hall Coal & Shipping Co Ltd, Montreal. 1926 sold to Canada Steamship Lines Ltd, Montreal and renamed Norfolk. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 13.52 hours on 18 Sep, 1942, the unescorted Norfolk (Master Thomas Arthur Edge) was torpedoed and sunk by U-175 northeast of Georgetown, British Guiana. The master and five crew members were lost. 13 crew members were picked up by the Spanish merchant Indaucha and landed at Port of Spain, Trinidad the next day. | ||
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