Hindpool
Photo courtesy of the Allen Collection
| Name | Hindpool | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4.897 tons | ||
| Completed | 1928 - W. Gray & Co Ltd, West Hartlepool | ||
| Owner | Sir R. Ropner & Co Ltd, West Hartlepool | ||
| Homeport | West Hartlepool | ||
| Date of attack | 8 Mar, 1941 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-124 (Georg-Wilhelm Schulz) | ||
| Position | 20.51N, 20.32W - Grid DT 9352 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 40 (28 dead and 12 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | SL-67 | ||
| Route | Pepel - Freetown - Middlesbrough | ||
| Cargo | 7700 tons of iron ore | ||
| History | Completed in May 1928 | ||
| Notes on loss | Between 05.47 and 06.08 hours on 8 Mar, 1941,U-124 fired six single torpedoes at the convoy SL-67 north of the Cape Verde Islands and observed four ships going down. Schulz reported five ships with about 33.000 grt sunk and another ship damaged. In fact four ships were sunk in the attack, the Nardana, Hindpool, Tielbank and Lahore. The master and 27 crew members from the Hindpool (Master Malcolm Vernon A. Tinnock) were lost. Six crew members were picked up by HMS Faulknor (H 62) (Capt A.F. de Salis, RN) and landed at Gibraltar on 16 March. Four crew members and two gunners were rescued by the Guido. | ||
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