Llanfair
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| Name | Llanfair | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4,966 tons | ||
| Completed | 1928 - Bartram & Sons Ltd, South Dock, Sunderland | ||
| Owner | Evan Thomas Radcliffe & Co, Cardiff | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 11 Aug 1940 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-38 (Heinrich Liebe) | ||
| Position | 54.48N, 13.46W - Grid AM 4585 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 33 (3 dead and 30 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | SL-41 (straggler) | ||
| Route | Mackay, Queensland (25 Feb) - Freetown - Avonmouth | ||
| Cargo | 7800 tons of sugar | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 15.19 hours on 11 Aug, 1940, the Llanfair (Master William Evans), a straggler from convoy SL-41, was hit by one torpedo from U-38 in the stern and sank after 11 minutes west of Ireland. Three crew members were lost. The master and 29 crew members were picked up by the American merchant California. | ||
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