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Rothermere

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NameRothermere
Type:Steam merchant
Tonnage5.356 tons
Completed1938 - C. Connell & Co Ltd, Glasgow 
OwnerDonaldson Brothers Ltd, Glasgow 
HomeportSt. Johns 
Date of attack20 May, 1941Nationality:      British
 
FateSunk by U-98 (Robert Gysae)
Position57.48N, 41.36W - Grid AJ 3455
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Complement56 (22 dead and 34 survivors).
ConvoyHX-126 (dispersed)
RouteBotwood, Newfoundland - Halifax - London 
Cargo1998 tons of steel and 4750 tons of newsprint and paper pulp 
History  
Notes on loss At 17.29 hours on 20 May, 1941, the Rothermere (Master George McCartney), dispersed from the convoy HX-126 the same day, was hit in the engine room by one torpedo from U-98 southeast of Cape Farewell. The ship sank by the stern after being hit by a coup de grāce at 17.56 hours. The master and 21 crew members were lost. 29 crew members, four gunners and one passenger were picked up by the Icelandic merchant Bruarfoss and landed at Reykjavik. 


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