Petrel
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| Name | Petrel | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 1,354 tons | ||
| Completed | 1920 - Ailsa Shipbuilding Co, Ayr | ||
| Owner | General Steam Navigation Co Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 26 Sep 1941 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-124 ( Johann Mohr) | ||
| Position | 47.40N, 23.28W - Grid BE 4166 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 31 (22 dead and 9 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | HG-73 | ||
| Route | Oporto - Bristol | ||
| Cargo | 128 tons of general cargo and 275 tons of cork | ||
| History | Completed in November 1920 | ||
| Notes on loss | At 02.10 hours on 26 Sep, 1941, U-124 attacked the convoy HG-73 north-northeast of the Azores and sank the Petrel at 02.32 hours with a first torpedo and two minutes later the Lapwing with a second torpedo, before escaping into a rain squall after flares illuminated the U-boat. The Petrel (Master John William Klemp) was hit by the torpedo in the stern and sank by the stern immediately. 19 crew members and three gunners were lost. The master, seven crew members and one passenger together with the eight survivors from Lapwing landed at Slyne Bay, Co. Galway on 9 October. The master John William Klemp was awarded the Lloyds War Medal for bravery at sea. | ||
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