City of Perth
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| Name | City of Perth | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 6.415 tons | ||
| Completed | 1913 - Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd, Wallsend, Sunderland | ||
| Owner | Ellerman & Bucknall SS Co Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | North Shields | ||
| Date of attack | 26 Mar, 1943 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | A total loss by U-431 (Dietrich Schöneboom) | ||
| Position | 35.50N, 01.41W - Grid CH 8264 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 92 (2 dead and 90 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | MKS-10 | ||
| Route | Bona - Liverpool | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | Built as Kandahar, 1926 renamed City of Perth | ||
| Notes on loss | At 00.42 hours on 26 Mar, 1943, U-431 fired three torpedoes in a one minute intervall at the convoy MKS-10 northwest of Oran and observed columns of smoke rising above the target after the first torpedo hit. Two further detonations were heard after 5 minutes 49 seconds and 6 minutes and observed more columns of smoke. However, only the City of Perth (Master John Blewitt) was hit. The vessel was taken in tow by the British armed trawler HMS Man O´War (FY 104) (Lt G.L. Coles), beached south of Cape Figalo, Algeria and became a total loss. Two gunners were lost. The master, 78 crew members and 11 gunners were rescued by the armed trawler and landed at Gibraltar on 28 March. | ||
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