Rose Schiaffino
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| Name | Rose Schiaffino | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 3.349 tons | ||
| Completed | 1920 - Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co Ltd, Blyth | ||
| Owner | Mark Whitwell & Son Ltd, Bristol | ||
| Homeport | Cardiff | ||
| Date of attack | 31 Oct, 1941 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-374 (Unno von Fischel) | ||
| Position | 48N, 50W - Grid BC 4163 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 41 (41 dead - no survivors) | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Wabana, Conception Bay (26 Oct) - St. Johns (31 Oct) - Cardiff | ||
| Cargo | 4200 tons of iron ore | ||
| History | Launched as War Minaret, completed in March 1920 as Notton for W.J.Tatem Ltd, London. 1923 sold to France and renamed Rose Schiaffino for Charles Schiaffino et Compagnie, Algiers. On 29 Jan, 1941, she was seized by HMS Scottish (FY 245) off Gibraltar and was transferred to the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). | ||
| Notes on loss | At 09.03 hours on 31 Oct, 1941, the unescorted Rose Schiaffino (Master Thomas P. Evans) was hit by one torpedo from U-374 about 225 miles east of St. Johns. The master, 36 crew members and four gunners were lost. | ||
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