Harmonic
Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Harmonic | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4,558 tons | ||
| Completed | 1930 - Robert Thompson & Sons, Bridge Dockyard, Sunderland | ||
| Owner | J. & C. Harrison Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 15 Jul 1943 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-172 (Carl Emmermann) | ||
| Position | 23.00S, 33.00W - Grid GC 1613 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 46 (1 dead and 45 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Rosario - Buenos Aires (7 Jul) - Freetown - UK | ||
| Cargo | 7368 tons of linseed oil | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 20.43 hours on 15 Jul, 1943, the unescorted Harmonic (Master Roland Stott) was torpedoed by U-172 620 miles east of Rio de Janeiro. The vessel was sunk by a coup de grāce at 21.16 hours. One crew member was lost. The master, 38 crew members and six gunners were picked up on 22 July by the Portuguese merchant Inhambane and landed at Bahia, Brazil two days later. | ||
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