Newton Pine
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| Name | Newton Pine | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4,212 tons | ||
| Completed | 1925 - Sir John Priestman & Co Ltd, Southwick, Sunderland | ||
| Owner | Idwal Williams & Co, Cardiff | ||
| Homeport | Cardiff | ||
| Date of attack | 15 Oct 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-410 (Kurt Sturm) | ||
| Position | 55N, 30W - Grid AK 5733 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 47 (47 dead - no survivors) | ||
| Convoy | ONS-136 (straggler) | ||
| Route | UK - New York | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | Built as Fernlea, 1927 renamed Newton Pine. 1941 she was sold by John Ridley, Son & Tully, Newcastle-upon-Tyne to Idwal Williams & Co, Cardiff. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 10.29 hours on 15 Oct, 1942, the Newton Pine (Master Daniel Wright Fowle), a straggler from convoy ONS-136, was torpedoed and sunk by U-410 southeast of Cape Farewell. The master, 39 crew members and seven gunners were lost. | ||
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