Silverpalm
Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Silverpalm | ||
| Type: | Motor merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 6,373 tons | ||
| Completed | 1929 - J.L. Thompson & Sons Ltd, North Sands, Sunderland | ||
| Owner | Silver Line Ltd (Stanley & John Thompson Ltd), London | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 12 Jun 1941 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-371 (Heinrich Driver) | ||
| Position | Grid AL 1997 - See estimated map location (56.10N24.30W) * | ||
| Complement | 68 (68 dead - no survivors) | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Calcutta (17 Apr) - Capetown - Freetown (31 May) - Glasgow | ||
| Cargo | 9000 tons of general cargo | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 03.26 hours on 12 Jun, 1941, U-371 hit a vessel of the Kent or Tongario type with two torpedoes and observed it sinking after 38 minutes. This must have been the Silverpalm (Master Richard Long Pallett), which was reported missing in the North Atlantic after being seen the last time on 1 June. On 15 July, a lifeboat with eight bodies was sighted by the British trawler Cave in grid AE 8569. The master, 53 crew members, eleven gunners and three passengers were lost. | ||
* Estimated position shown here is based on positions of losses in a roughly the same German grid code. It may be a bit off but should give a good idea as to where the attack took place.
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