Kingsbury
Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Kingsbury | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4,898 tons | ||
| Completed | 1937 - Burntisland Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Burntisland | ||
| Owner | Alexander Capper & Co Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 17 Mar 1943 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-338 (Manfred Kinzel) | ||
| Position | 51.55N, 32.41W - Grid AK 8599 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 48 (4 dead and 44 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | SC-122 | ||
| Route | Port Harcourt - New York (5 Mar) - London | ||
| Cargo | West African produce, including building timber, soya and 2000 tons of bauxite | ||
| History | Completed in November 1937 | ||
| Notes on loss | At 03.05 hours on 17 Mar, 1943, U-338 fired a spread of two torpedoes at the convoy SC-122 southeast of Cape Farewell and Kinzel thought that he had hit one ship, but in fact the Kingsbury in station #51 and the King Gruffydd in station #52 were hit and sunk. At 03.06 hours, a second spread of two torpedoes was fired, one of them struck the Alderamin in station #61, which sank later in 51°30N/34°55W. At 03.07 hours, the stern torpedo was fired, which missed the intended target, the Alderamin, but damaged the Fort Cedar Lake in station #124. Three crew members and one passenger from Kingsbury (Master William Laidler) were lost. The master , 36 crew members, six gunners and one passenger were picked up by the British rescue ship Zamalek (Master Owen Charles Morris, DSO) and landed at Gourock on 22 March. | ||
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