Planter
| Name | Planter | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5,887 tons | ||
| Completed | 1927 - C. Connell & Co Ltd, Glasgow | ||
| Owner | T. & J. Harrison, Liverpool | ||
| Homeport | Liverpool | ||
| Date of attack | 16 Nov 1940 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-137 (Herbert Wohlfarth) | ||
| Position | 55.38N, 08.28W - Grid AM 5427 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 73 (13 dead and 60 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | SLS-53 (romper) | ||
| Route | Suez - Freetown - Manchester | ||
| Cargo | Egyptian produce | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 20.15 hours on 16 Nov, 1940, the Planter (Master Dennis Henry Bryant), a romper from convoy SLS-53, was torpedoed and sunk by U-137 about 30 miles north-northwest of Bloody Foreland. Twelve crew members and one passenger (DBS) were lost. The master, 58 crew members and one gunner were picked up by HMS Clare (I 14) (LtCdr C. Gwinner) and landed at Liverpool. | ||
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