Built as West Nimrod, renamed Bellingham

On 7 Jul, 1942, the Bellingham in convoy PQ-17 was hit by a dud aircraft torpedo. The next day the armed guards claimed that they shot down a German Fw200 aircraft, but this is not confirmed by German sources. She arrived safely in Archangel and waited there two months for cargo and the opportunity to return in the convoy QP-14.

Between 07.18 and 07.19 hours on 22 Sep, 1942, U-435 fired five single torpedoes at the convoy QP-14 west of Jan Mayen Island and reported five hits on three ships. The ships hit were Bellingham, Ocean Voice and Grey Ranger.

The Bellingham (Master Soren Mortensen) was in station on the starboard wing, in the first line of the convoy, when she was hit by a torpedo at the #4 hold on the starboard side. The engines were secured and all eight officers, 31 crewmen, ten armed guards (the ship was armed with one 4in, four .50cal and two .30cal guns) and 26 passengers (survivors from the American merchants Pan Kraft and Pan Atlantic, which were both sunk by German Ju88 aircraft of KG 30 in the convoy PQ-17) abandoned ship in three lifeboats and one raft. Finally the ship sank after one hour about 45 miles west of Jan Mayen Island. 26 survivors were picked up by the British rescue ship Rathlin (Master August Banning DSO) and the remaining men by various escort ships. All landed at Gourock, Scotland on 26 September, then boarded the British passenger liner Queen Mary to USA.