Ariosto
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| Name | Ariosto | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 2.176 tons | ||
| Completed | 1940 - Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd, Wallsend, Sunderland | ||
| Owner | Ellermanīs Wilson Line Ltd, Hull | ||
| Homeport | Hull | ||
| Date of attack | 24 Oct, 1941 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-564 (Reinhard Suhren) | ||
| Position | 36.20N, 10.50W - Grid CG 8492 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 51 (6 dead and 45 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | HG-75 | ||
| Route | Lisbon - Liverpool | ||
| Cargo | 650 tons of general cargo, including cork and ore | ||
| History | At 02.15 hours on 6 Jun, 1941, the Italian submarine Veniero (Petroni) attacked the convoy HG-64 in position 34°N/11°W and claimed two ships with 13.000 tons sunk. The Ariosto, in station #41, observed the torpedoes passing by. | ||
| Notes on loss | After 06.36 hours on 24 Oct, 1941, U-564 fired five torpedoes at the convoy HG-75 about 300 miles west of Gibraltar. The first three exploded in columns of red fire on different ships after 21, 31 and 41 seconds. The last two were heard to detonate after 3 minutes 14 seconds and 3 minutes 56 seconds. Suhren claimed five ships damaged with 25.000 tons. In fact, three ships, the Carsbreck, Ariosto and Alhama were torpedoed and sunk. The Ariosto (Master Harold Hill) was the ship of the convoy commodore F.L.J. Butler RNR RD. Five crew members and one gunner were lost. The master, the commodore, six naval staff members, 30 crew members, three gunners, three passengers and one DBS were rescued: 38 survivors were picked up by the Swedish merchant Pacific and landed at Barrow and seven survivors by the British destroyer HMS Lamerton (L 88) (LtCdr H.C. Simms) and landed at Gibraltar. | ||
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