Baron Erskine
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| Name | Baron Erskine | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 3.657 tons | ||
| Completed | 1930 - D. & W. Henderson & Co Ltd, Partrick, Glasgow | ||
| Owner | H. Hogarth & Sons Ltd, Glasgow | ||
| Homeport | Ardrossan | ||
| Date of attack | 6 Jan, 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-701 (Horst Degen) | ||
| Position | 59.15N, 18.30W - Grid AK 2186 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 40 (40 dead - no survivors) | ||
| Convoy | SC-62 (straggler) | ||
| Route | Tampa - Loch Ewe - Garston | ||
| Cargo | Phosphates | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 16.27 hours on 6 Jan, 1942, the Baron Erskine (Master George Sharp Cumming), a straggler from convoy SC-62, was torpedoed and sunk by U-701 north of Rockall. The master and 39 crew members were lost. The U-boat misidentified her victim as Baron Haig, but it must have been the Baron Erskine since there is no other loss or success report from the area. | ||
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