Baron Kinnaird
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| Name | Baron Kinnaird | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 3.355 tons | ||
| Completed | 1927 - Napier & Miller Ltd, Old Kilpatrick, Glasgow | ||
| Owner | H. Hogarth & Sons Ltd, Glasgow | ||
| Homeport | Ardrossan | ||
| Date of attack | 11 Mar, 1943 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-621 (Max Kruschka) | ||
| Position | 53N, 40W - Grid AK 7174 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 42 (42 dead - no survivors) | ||
| Convoy | ONS-169 (straggler) | ||
| Route | Middlesbrough - Loch Ewe - Macoris | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 19.17 hours on 11 Mar, 1943, the Baron Kinnaird (Master Leslie Anderson), a straggler from convoy ONS-169 since 6 March, was torpedoed and sunk by U-621 northwest of Belle Ile. The master, 35 crew members and six gunners were lost. | ||
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