Fellside
British Steam merchant
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| Name | Fellside | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 3,509 tons | ||
| Completed | 1917 - J. Blumer & Co Ltd, North Dock, Sunderland | ||
| Owner | Connell & Grace Ltd, Newcastle-upon-Tyne | ||
| Homeport | Newcastle | ||
| Date of attack | 17 Jul 1940 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-43 (Wilhelm Ambrosius) | ||
| Position | 56° 09'N, 12° 30'W - Grid AM 4355 | ||
| Complement | 33 (12 dead and 21 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | OA-184 (straggler) | ||
| Route | Middlesbrough - Sydney CB | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | Completed in February 1917 as Clifftower for Hansen Shipping Co Ltd (Hansen Bros), London. 1925 renamed Wynburn for Wyn Shipping Co Ltd (W.A. Young & Co), London. 1932 renamed Blairbeg for George Nisbet & Co, Glasgow. 1940 renamed Fellside for Connell & Grace Ltd, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. | ||
| Notes on event | At 10.40 hours on 17 July 1940 the Fellside (Master John Thomas Nelson), a straggler from convoy OA-184, was hit underneath the bridge by one torpedo from U-43 and sank by the bow after 5 minutes about 135 miles northwest of Bloody Foreland. A first G7e torpedo fired two minutes earlier had passed under the vessel without detonating. The master and 20 crew members were rescued and landed at Liverpool. | ||
| On board | We have details of 13 people who were on board. | ||
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