Harbledown
Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Harbledown | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5,414 tons | ||
| Completed | 1933 - Lithgows Ltd, Port Glasgow | ||
| Owner | J. & C. Harrison Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 4 Apr 1941 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-94 (Herbert Kuppisch) | ||
| Position | 58.24N, 23.20W - Grid AL 1834 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 41 (16 dead and 25 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | SC-26 (dispersed) | ||
| Route | Portland, Maine - Sydney - London | ||
| Cargo | 94157 bushels of wheat | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 03.40 hours on 4 Apr, 1941, the Harbledown (Master Griffith Jones), dispersed from convoy SC-26, was torpedoed and sunk by U-94 south-southwest of Iceland. 14 crew members and two gunners were lost. The master, 23 crew members and one passenger (DBS) were picked up by HMS Veteran (D 72) (Cdr W.T. Conchman OBE) and landed at Liverpool. | ||
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