Ashcrest
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| Name | Ashcrest | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5.652 tons | ||
| Completed | 1920 - Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Howden-on-Tyne | ||
| Owner | Crest Shipping Co Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 8 Dec, 1940 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-140 (Hans-Peter Hinsch) | ||
| Position | 55.12N, 10.20W - Grid AM 5511 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 37 (37 dead - no survivors) | ||
| Convoy | SC-13 (straggler) | ||
| Route | Philadelphia - Middlesbrough | ||
| Cargo | Steel | ||
| History | Launched as War Chateau, completed as Norwegian Erle for Arentz Rederi, Larvik; 1922 sold to Det Forenede Rederi A/S, Oslo; 1924 sold to A/S Erle (Fearnley & Eger), Oslo; 1927 sold to Yugoslavia and renamed Zrinski for Jugoslovensko Amerikaniska Plovidba, Spilt; 1928 sold to Jugoslavenski Lloyd Ackionarsko Drustvo, Split; 1940 sold to Britain and renamed Ashcrest for Crest Shipping Co, London | ||
| Notes on loss | On 7 Dec, 1940, the Ashcrest (Master Herbert Mant), a straggler from convoy SC-13, sent in a distress signal that her rudder was broken in 54°35N/09°20W. This was the last signal from her, she was reported missing thereafter. The master and 36 crew members were lost. At 20.20 hours on 8 December, U-140 torpedoed and sank a steamer, which was identified by Hinsch as the Ashcroft. This must have been the Ashcrest. | ||
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