Marslew
Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Marslew | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4.542 tons | ||
| Completed | 1926 - Lithgows Ltd, Port Glasgow | ||
| Owner | Kaye, Son & Co Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 23 Feb, 1941 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-69 (Jost Metzler) | ||
| Position | 59.18N, 21.30W - Grid AL 2362 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 36 (13 dead and 23 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | OB-288 (dispersed) | ||
| Route | Glasgow - Liverpool - Montevideo - Villa Constitucion, Argentina | ||
| Cargo | 6000 tons of general cargo | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 23.39 hours on 23 Feb, 1941, U-69 fired one G7e torpedo at a ship from the dispersed convoy OB-288 and hit the Marslew (Master H.R. Watkins) amidships, which sank after breaking in two about 300 miles north-northwest of Rockall. The master and twelve crew members were lost. 21 crew members and two gunners were picked up by the British steam merchant Empire Cheetah. | ||
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