Black Osprey
Black Osprey under her former name West Arrow. Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Black Osprey | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5,589 tons | ||
| Completed | 1918 - Skinner & Eddy Corp, Seattle WA | ||
| Owner | Cairns, Noble & Co Ltd, Newcastle-upon-Tyne | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 18 Feb 1941 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-96 (Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock) | ||
| Position | 61.30N, 18.10W - Grid AE 7988 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 36 (25 dead and 11 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | HX-107 (straggler) | ||
| Route | Baltimore - Halifax - Newport, Mon. | ||
| Cargo | 4500 tons of steel and trucks | ||
| History | Built as West Arrow, 1935 renamed Black Osprey for Black Diamond Lines Inc, New York. 1940 transferred to Britain and taken over by Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). | ||
| Notes on loss | At 02.27 hours on 18 Feb, 1941, the Black Osprey (Master Sydney Wyman Parks), a straggler from convoy HX-107, was torpedoed and sunk by U-96 south of Iceland. The master and 24 crew members were lost. Eleven crew members were picked up by the Norwegian merchant Mosdale and landed at Barry. | ||
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