Anadyr
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| Name | Anadyr | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5.278 tons | ||
| Completed | 1930 - Northumberland Shipbuilding Co (1927) Ltd, Howden-on-Tyne | ||
| Owner | H. Hogarth & Sons Ltd, Glasgow | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 6 May, 1944 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-129 (Richard von Harpe) | ||
| Position | 10.55S, 27.30W - Grid FK 67 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 53 (6 dead and 47 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | TJ-30 (dispersed) | ||
| Route | New York - Trinidad - Capetown - Port Elizabeth | ||
| Cargo | 7791 tons of general cargo, including government stores | ||
| History | Built as Redsea, 1938 renamed French Anadyr for Compagnie des Messageries Maritimes, Marseilles In June 1940 taken over by Britain in Gibraltar and transferred to the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). | ||
| Notes on loss | On 6 May 1944, the Anadyr (Master J. Bouteiller), dispersed from convoy TJ-30, was torpedoed and sunk by U-129 about 600 miles south-southeast of Recife, Brazil. Four crew members and two gunners were lost. The master and seven survivors landed at Porto de Galhinas near Recife and 39 survivors landed 20 miles south of Recife. | ||
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