Blairmore
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| Name | Blairmore | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4.141 tons | ||
| Completed | 1928 - Ayrshire Dockyard Co Ltd, Irvine | ||
| Owner | George Nisbet & Co, Glasgow | ||
| Homeport | Glasgow | ||
| Date of attack | 25 Aug, 1940 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-37 (Victor Oehrn) | ||
| Position | 56N, 27.30W - Grid AK 6327 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 41 (5 dead and 36 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | SC-1 | ||
| Route | Newcastle, New Brunswick - Sydney (15 Aug) - Tyne | ||
| Cargo | 1500 fathoms of timber | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 01.46 hours on 25 Aug, 1940, the Blairmore (Master Hugh Campbell) in convoy SC-1 was torpedoed and sunk by U-37 southeast of Cape Farewell. The ship had picked up seven survivors from the HMS Penzance (L 28), which had been sunk by the same U-boat the previous day. Five crew members were lost. The master, 28 crew members and seven survivors were picked up by the Swedish merchant Eknaren (Master Erik Kallstrom) and landed at Baltimore. | ||
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