Roxby
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| Name | Roxby | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4,252 tons | ||
| Completed | 1923 - Ropner Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd, Stockton-on-Tyne | ||
| Owner | Sir R. Ropner & Co Ltd, West Hartlepool | ||
| Homeport | West Hartlepool | ||
| Date of attack | 7 Nov 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-613 (Helmut Köppe) | ||
| Position | 49.35N, 30.32W - Grid BD 2598 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 47 (34 dead and 13 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | ON-142 (straggler) | ||
| Route | Cardiff - Gourock (30 Oct) - Halifax | ||
| Cargo | 6400 tons of coal | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 15.40 hours on 7 Nov, 1942, the Roxby (Master George Robinson), a straggler from convoy ON-142, was hit by one of two torpedoes from U-613 southwest of Cape Clear and sank at 16.05 hours. The master, 28 crew members and five gunners were lost. Eleven crew members and two gunners were picked up by the Irish merchant Irish Beech and landed at St. Johns. | ||
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