Winamac
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| Name | Winamac | ||
| Type: | Steam tanker | ||
| Tonnage | 8.621 tons | ||
| Completed | 1926 - Lithgows Ltd, Port Glasgow | ||
| Owner | Socony Vacuum Transportation Co Ltd, Montreal | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 31 Aug, 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-66 (Friedrich Markworth) | ||
| Position | 10.36N, 54.34W - Grid EE 9590 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 51 (30 dead and 21 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | TRIN-3 (dispersed) | ||
| Route | Trinidad (28 Aug) - São Miguel, Azores | ||
| Cargo | 12.500 tons of fuel oil | ||
| History | Built as Pulpit Point, 1934 renamed Winamac | ||
| Notes on loss | At 14.17 hours on 31 Aug, 1942, the unescorted Winamac (Master Edgar Harrison), dispersed from convoy TRIN-3, was hit in the engine room by one of two torpedoes from U-66 about 390 miles east of Trinidad. The tanker burst into flames and sank quickly. The master, 26 crew members and three gunners were lost. 21 crew members were picked up by Empire Lugard and landed at Trinidad. | ||
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