Ships hit by U-boats


Rushpool

British Steam merchant



Photo from City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 447-2644

NameRushpool
Type:Steam merchant
Tonnage5,125 tons
Completed1928 - Cowpen Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Blyth 
OwnerSir R. Ropner & Co Ltd, West Hartlepool 
HomeportWest Hartlepool 
Date of attack30 Jan 1941Nationality:      British
 
FateSunk by U-94 (Herbert Kuppisch)
Position56° 00'N, 15° 42'W - Grid AM 2948
Complement40 (0 dead and 40 survivors).
ConvoySC-19 (straggler)
RouteSt. John, New Brunswick - Halifax - Belfast 
Cargo7714 tons of grain 
History Completed in September 1928 
Notes on event

At 02.47 hours on 30 Jan 1941 the unescorted Rushpool (Master William George Stewart Hewison), a straggler from convoy SC-19, was hit amidships by one torpedo from U-94 southeast of Rockall. The ship had been spotted at 00.40 hours and missed with a spread of two torpedoes at 02.09 hours. She sank by the bow 35 minutes after being hit by a coup de grâce at 03.10 hours. The master and 39 crew members were picked up by HMS Antelope (H 36) (LtCdr R.T. White, DSO and Bar, RN) and landed at Greenock.

 
On boardWe have details of 3 people who were on board


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