Counsellor
Photo courtesy of the Allen Collection
| Name | Counsellor | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5,068 tons | ||
| Completed | 1926 - C. Connell & Co Ltd, Glasgow | ||
| Owner | T. & J. Harrison, Liverpool | ||
| Homeport | Liverpool | ||
| Date of attack | 8 Mar 1940 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-30 (Fritz-Julius Lemp) | ||
| Position | 53.38N, 03.23W - Grid AM 9324 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 78 (0 dead and 78 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | HX-22 | ||
| Route | New Orleans - Halifax - Liverpool | ||
| Cargo | General cargo, including cotton | ||
| History | Completed in August 1926 | ||
| Notes on loss | On 8 Mar, 1940, the Counsellor (Master Harold Coates), the ship of the convoy commodore in convoy HX-22, struck a mine laid on 6 January by U-30 six miles 280° from Liverpool Bar Lightship and sank the next day. The master, the commodore (Rear Admiral H.G.C. Franklin RN), seven naval staff members and 69 crew members were picked up by HMS Walpole (D 41) (LtCdr H.G. Bowerman, RN) after the destroyer tried to take the vessel in tow and landed them at Liverpool. | ||
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