uboat.net

Allied Ships hit by U-boats


Whitford Point

We don't have a picture of this vessel at this time.


NameWhitford Point
Type:Steam merchant
Tonnage5.026 tons
Completed1928 - R. Duncan & Co Ltd, Port Glasgow 
OwnerGowan Shipping Co Ltd, London 
HomeportLondon 
Date of attack20 Oct, 1940Nationality:      British
 
FateSunk by U-47 (Günther Prien)
Position56.38N, 16.00W - Grid AL 0364
- See location on a map -
Complement40 (37 dead and 3 survivors).
ConvoyHX-79 
RouteBaltimore - Halifax (8 Oct) - London 
Cargo7840 tons of steel 
History Built as Benholm, 1937 renamed Whitford Point 
Notes on loss At 01.48 hours on 20 Oct, 1940, the Whitford Point (Master John Edward Young) in convoy HX-79 was hit by one torpedo from U-47 and sank 90 miles southwest of Rockall. The master, 35 crew members and one gunner were lost. Three crew members were picked up by the British trawler Sturdee and landed at Londonderry. 


If you can help us with any additional information on this vessel then please contact us.

Return to Allied Ships hit by U-boats