Kitty´s Brook
| Name | Kitty´s Brook | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4.031 tons | ||
| Completed | 1907 - Irvine´s Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co Ltd, Middleton Shipyard, West Hartlepool | ||
| Owner | Bowater´s Newfoundland Pulp & Paper Mills Ltd, Corner Brook | ||
| Homeport | St.Johns | ||
| Date of attack | 10 May, 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-588 (Victor Vogel) | ||
| Position | 42.56N, 63.59W - Grid BB 7810 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 34 (9 dead and 25 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | New York (7 May) - Argentia, Newfoundland | ||
| Cargo | US Army stores and trucks as deck cargo | ||
| History | Built as Abonema, renamed Sapele, renamed San Jorge, renamed Santa Catharina, renamed Sirio 1941 the Italian Sirio was taken over by Britain and renamed Kitty´s Brook. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 03.10 hours on 10 May 1942, the unescorted Kitty´s Brook (Master Jack Rowland Morbey) was hit by one torpedo from U-588 and sank within 20 minutes about 35 miles southeast of Cape Sable, Nova Scotia. Nine crew members were lost. The master and 24 crew members landed at Lockeport, Nova Scotia. | ||
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