Grayburn
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| Name | Grayburn | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 6.342 tons | ||
| Completed | 1938 - Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd, Sunderland | ||
| Owner | Muir, Young SS Co Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 29 Jun, 1941 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-651 (Peter Lohmeyer) | ||
| Position | 59.30N, 18.07W - Grid AL 33 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 53 (35 dead and 18 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | HX-133 | ||
| Route | Baltimore - Halifax - Swansea | ||
| Cargo | 10.300 tons of scrap and steel | ||
| History | Completed in September 1938 | ||
| Notes on loss | At 00.30 hours on 29 Jun, 1941, U-651 attacked the convoy HX-133 south of Iceland and sank the Grayburn. The U-boat was sunk by the escort vessels of the convoy later that day. The master and 16 survivors from the Grayburn (Master John William Sygrove) were picked up by HMS Violet (K 35) (Lt F.C. Reynolds, RCNVR) and transferred to the British rescue ship Zaafaran (Master Charles Kavanagh McGowan, DSC). Later they were transferred to HMS Northern Wave (FY 153) (T/Lt W.G. Pardoe-Matthews, RNR) and landed at Gourock. Another survivor was rescued by HMS Arabis (K 73) (LtCdr J.P. Stewart, RNR) and landed at Londonderry. 27 crew members and 8 gunners were lost. | ||
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