Baron Loudoun
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| Name | Baron Loudoun | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 3.164 tons | ||
| Completed | 1925 - Lithgows Ltd, Port Glasgow | ||
| Owner | H. Hogarth & Sons Ltd, Glasgow | ||
| Homeport | Ardrossan | ||
| Date of attack | 19 Jun, 1940 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-48 (Hans Rudolf Rösing) | ||
| Position | 45N, 11.21W - Grid BE 9369 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 33 (3 dead and 30 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | HGF-34 | ||
| Route | Bona - Barrow | ||
| Cargo | 5050 tons of iron ore | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 02.56 hours on 19 Jun, 1940, the Baron Loudoun (Master Joseph Henderson Johnson) in convoy HGF-34 was torpedoed and sunk by U-48 west-northwest of Cape Ortegal. Three crew members were lost. The master and 29 crew members were picked up by the British sloop HMS Scarborough (L 25) (Cdr C.T. Addis) and landed at Liverpool. | ||
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