Navasota
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| Name | Navasota | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 8.795 tons | ||
| Completed | 1917 - Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd, Wallsend, Sunderland | ||
| Owner | Royal Mail Lines Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 5 Dec, 1939 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-47 (Günther Prien) | ||
| Position | 50.43N, 10.16W - Grid BF 1128 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 82 (37 dead and 45 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | OB-46 | ||
| Route | Liverpool - Buenos Aires | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 14.40 hours on 5 Dec, 1939, the Navasota (Master Charles Joseph Goble) in convoy OB-46 was hit by one torpedo from U-47 and sank about 150 miles west of Bishop Rock. The master and 36 crew members were lost. 37 crew members were picked up by the HMS Escapade (H 17) (Cdr H.R. Graham) and eight crew members by the British merchant Clan Farquhar and landed at Capetown. | ||
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