16 Sep, 1939
At 08.15 hours the German submarine U-31 torpedoes and sinks the British merchant Aviemore about 220 nautical miles south-west of Cape Clear in position 49º11'N, 13º38'W. The master and 22 crew members were lost. Eleven crew members were picked up by the British destroyer HMS Warwick (Lt.Cdr. M.A.G. Child, RN) and landed at Liverpool on the 18th. This was the first attack on a convoy in World War II. (see map)

19 Aug, 1940
Just before 0200 hours on 19 August 1940 the British merchant ship Ampleforth, a straggler from convoy OA-199, was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-101 west of the Hebrides in position 56º10'N, 10º40'W. Nine crew members were lost. The master and 28 crew members were picked up by the British destroyer HMS Warwick (Lt.Cdr. M.A.G. Child, RN) and landed at Liverpool. (see map)

3 Jul, 1942
HMS Warwick (Cdr. Y. McCleves, DSO, DSC, RNR) picks up men from the American tanker Gulfbelle that was torpedoed and damaged by the German submarine U-126 21 nautical miles north of Tobago in position 11º40'N, 60º39'W. HMS Warwick towed the damaged tanker to Port of Spain, Trinidad.