Vivian P. Smith
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| Name | Vivian P. Smith | ||
| Type: | Sailing ship | ||
| Tonnage | 130 tons | ||
| Completed | 1915 - Lunenburg NS | ||
| Owner | Uldaric Hassell, Barbados | ||
| Homeport | Saba | ||
| Date of attack | 10 Aug, 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-600 (Bernhard Zurmühlen) | ||
| Position | 21.50N, 68.40W - Grid DN 6937 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 11 (0 dead and 11 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Grand Turk - Barbados | ||
| Cargo | 260 tons of salt | ||
| History | Built for William C. Smith, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia | ||
| Notes on loss | At 22.10 hours on 10 Aug, 1942, U-600 began to shell the two-mast schooner Vivian P. Smith with 139 rounds from the deck gun. The Germans observed 25 hits in the rigging and 15 on the hull and deck until the ship sank at 23.04 hours. | ||
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