HMS Penzance (L 28)
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| Name | HMS Penzance (L 28) | ||
| Type: | Sloop (Folkestone) | ||
| Tonnage | 1,025 tons | ||
| Completed | 1931 - Devonport Dockyard, Plymouth | ||
| Owner | The Admiralty | ||
| Homeport | |||
| Date of attack | 24 Aug 1940 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-37 (Victor Oehrn) | ||
| Position | 56.16N, 27.19W - Grid AK 6333 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 97 officers and men (90 dead and 7 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | SC-1 | ||
| Route | Sydney - UK | ||
| Cargo | |||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 20.38 hours on 24 Aug, 1940, the HMS Penzance (L 28) (Cdr Allan John Wavish +), escorting the convoy SC-1, was hit by one torpedo from U-37 and sank in a few minutes southwest of Iceland. When the depth charges of the sinking sloop exploded the U-boat was slightly damaged by the detonations. Seven survivors were picked up by a merchant from the convoy, the Blairmore, but she was also sunk by U-37 during the night. The survivors were rescued by the Swedish merchant Eknaren (Master Erik Kallstrom) and landed at Baltimore. | ||
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