Trevisa
| Name | Trevisa | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 1.813 tons | ||
| Completed | 1915 - North of Ireland Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Londonderry | ||
| Owner | Canadian Lake Carriers Ltd, Montreal | ||
| Homeport | Montreal | ||
| Date of attack | 16 Oct, 1940 | Nationality:  Canadian | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-124 (Georg-Wilhelm Schulz) | ||
| Position | 57.28N, 20.30W - Grid AL 2873 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 21 (7 dead and 14 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | SC-7 (straggler) | ||
| Route | Parrsboro, Nova Scotia - Sydney (5 Oct) - Aberdeen | ||
| Cargo | 460 standards of lumber | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 03.50 hours on 16 Oct, 1940, the Trevisa (Master Robert C. Stonehouse), a straggler from convoy SC-7, was hit aft by one torpedo from U-124 and sank by the stern 218 miles west of Rockall. The ship had been spotted at 16.00 hours the day before and missed with a torpedo at 18.29 hours. Seven crew members were lost. The master and 13 crew members were picked up by HMS Bluebell (K 80) (LtCdr Robert E. Sherwood, RNR) and landed at Gourock. | ||
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