Lochkatrine
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| Name | Lochkatrine | ||
| Type: | Motor merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 9.419 tons | ||
| Completed | 1922 - John Brown & Co Ltd, Clydebank | ||
| Owner | Royal Mail Lines Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 3 Aug, 1942 | Nationality: | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-552 (Erich Topp) | ||
| Position | 45.52N, 46.44W - Grid BC 5778 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 90 (9 dead and 81 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | ON-115 | ||
| Route | Liverpool (23 Jul) - New York | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 03.05 hours on 3 Aug, 1942, U-552 fired two torpedoes at the convoy ON-115 east of Cape Race and observed a hit aft on a tanker and at the bow of a freighter, both vessels stopped. The G.S. Walden was damaged and the Lochkatrine was sunk. Eight crew members and one passenger from the Lochkatrine (Master Percy Cooper) were lost. The master, 55 crew members, eight gunners and 17 passengers were picked up by the Canadian destroyer HMCS Hamilton (I 24) (LtCdr N.V. Clark) and the Canadian corvette HMCS Agassiz (K 129) (Lt B.D.L. Johnson) and landed at Halifax. | ||
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