Kyno
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| Name | Kyno | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 3.946 tons | ||
| Completed | 1924 - Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd, Goole | ||
| Owner | Ellerman´s Wilson Line Ltd, Hull | ||
| Homeport | Hull | ||
| Date of attack | 28 Aug, 1940 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-28 (Günter Kuhnke) | ||
| Position | 58.06N, 13.26W - Grid AM 1676 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 37 (4 dead and 33 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | HX-66 | ||
| Route | New York - Halifax (16 Aug) - Hull | ||
| Cargo | 4499 tons of general cargo | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 20.57 hours on 28 Aug, 1940, the Kyno (Master William Ansdell Thompson) in convoy HX-66 was torpedoed and sunk by U-28 about 30 miles north-northeast of Rockall. Four crew members were lost. The master and 32 crew members were picked up by the Queen Maud and landed at Methil. | ||
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