Pennington Court
Photo courtesy of the Allen Collection
| Name | Pennington Court | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 6,098 tons | ||
| Completed | 1924 - Richardson, Duck & Co Ltd, Stockton-on-Tees | ||
| Owner | Haldin & Philipps Ltd (Court Line), London | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 9 Oct 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-254 (Odo Loewe) | ||
| Position | 58.18N, 27.55W - Grid AK 3589 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 40 (40 dead - no survivors) | ||
| Convoy | SC-103 (straggler) | ||
| Route | St. John, New Brunswick - Belfast | ||
| Cargo | 8494 tons of grain and trucks as deck cargo | ||
| History | Completed in July 1924 as Rochdale for Rochdale SS Co Ltd (C. Radcliffe & Co), Cardiff. 1927 renamed Pennington Court for Haldin & Philipps Ltd (Court Line), London. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 21.01 hours on 9 Oct, 1942, the Pennington Court (Master John Horne), a straggler from convoy SC-103, was torpedoed by U-254 southeast of Cape Farewell. Until the ship sank the U-boat had fired six torpedoes of which three were hits. The master and 39 crew members were lost. | ||
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