Gand
| Name | Gand | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5,086 tons | ||
| Completed | 1919 - Bartram & Sons Ltd, South Dock, Sunderland | ||
| Owner | Armement Deppe, Antwerp | ||
| Homeport | Antwerp | ||
| Date of attack | 10 May 1941 | Nationality:  Belgian | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-556 (Herbert Wohlfarth) | ||
| Position | 57.54N, 37.34W - Grid AK 4640 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 44 (1 dead and 43 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | OB-318 (dispersed) | ||
| Route | Liverpool - River Mersey - Sydney, Nova Scotia | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | Built as British Langley for Fratres Ltd, London. 1922 sold to Belgium and renamed Gand.
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| Notes on loss | At 20.37 hours on 10 May, 1941, the Gand (Master Michel Hostens), dispersed from convoy OB-318, was torpedoed and sunk by U-556 about 210 miles southeast of Cape Farewell. One crew member was lost and another wounded. The master, 38 crew members and four gunners were rescued. | ||
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