Cumberland
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| Name | Cumberland | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 10,939 tons | ||
| Completed | 1919 - Bremer Vulkan, Vegesack | ||
| Owner | Federal Steam Navigation Co Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 24 Aug 1940 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-57 (Erich Topp) | ||
| Position | 55.44N, 07.32W - Grid AM 5392 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 58 (4 dead and 54 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | OB-202 | ||
| Route | Glasgow - Liverpool - Curaçao - Panama - Port Chalmers, New Zealand | ||
| Cargo | 9000 tons of general cargo, including metal | ||
| History | Built as Wendland, 1921 renamed Cumberland | ||
| Notes on loss | At 00.42 hours on 24 Aug, 1940, U-57 attacked the convoy OB-202 25 miles northeast of Malin Head, sank the Saint Dunstan and Cumberland and damaged Havildar. The Cumberland (Master Edwin Arthur J. Williams) remained afloat and tried to reach port, but sank 8 miles 5° from Inishtrahull. Four crew members were lost. The master and 53 crew members landed at Moville, Co. Donegal. | ||
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