City of Ripon
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| Name | City of Ripon | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 6.368 tons | ||
| Completed | 1915 - Russell & Co, Port Glasgow | ||
| Owner | Ellerman´s Wilson Line Ltd, Hull | ||
| Homeport | Hull | ||
| Date of attack | 11 Nov, 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-160 (Georg Lassen) | ||
| Position | 08.40N, 59.20W - Grid EO 1574 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 78 (56 dead and 22 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Port Said - Capetown (18 Oct) - Trinidad - New York | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | Built as Lepanto, 1934 renamed City of Ripon | ||
| Notes on loss | At 08.01 hours on 11 Nov, 1942, the unescorted City of Ripon (Master John Edward Robinson) was torpedoed and sunk by U-160 90 miles northwest of Georgetown, British Guiana. 52 crew members and four gunners were lost. The master, 18 crew members and three gunners were picked up by the Brazilian merchant Midosi and landed at Port of Spain, Trinidad. | ||
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