Royston Grange
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| Name | Royston Grange | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5.144 tons | ||
| Completed | 1918 - R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Hebburn | ||
| Owner | Houlder Brothers & Co Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 25 Nov, 1939 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-28 (Günter Kuhnke) | ||
| Position | 49.15N, 09.00W - Grid BF 1862 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | ? men (0 dead and ? survivors). | ||
| Convoy | SL-8B | ||
| Route | Buenos Aires - Freetown - Liverpool | ||
| Cargo | General cargo and grain | ||
| History | Completed in May 1918 as War Bison for the Shipping Controller, managed by Rankin, Gilmour & Co, London. 1919 sold to Belgium and renamed Australier for Lloyd Royal Belge, Antwerp. 1926 sold to Great Britain and renamed Salado for Buenos Ayres Great Southern Railway Co (A. Holland & Co), London. 1935 sold to Houlder Brothers & Co Ltd, London and renamed Royston Grange. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 13.19 hours on 25 Nov, 1939, the Royston Grange (Master Arthur George Phelps-Mead) in convoy SL-8B was hit by one torpedo from U-28 and sank about 50 miles southwest of Lands End. The master and crew were picked up by the British trawler Romilly and landed at Swansea. | ||
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