Barrwhin
Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Barrwhin | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4.998 tons | ||
| Completed | 1929 - Greenock Dockyard Co Ltd, Greenock | ||
| Owner | Barr, Crombie & Co Ltd, Glasgow | ||
| Homeport | Glasgow | ||
| Date of attack | 29 Oct, 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-436 (Günther Seibicke) | ||
| Position | 55.02N, 22.45W - Grid AL 5482 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 114 (24 dead and 90 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | HX-212 | ||
| Route | Halifax - London | ||
| Cargo | 8200 tons of grain and military stores | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 21.18 hours on 29 Oct, 1942, the Barrwhin (Master Thomas Sydney Dixon) in convoy HX-212 was hit by one torpedo from U-436 and sank quickly south of Iceland. The ship had rescued 60 survivors from the Kosmos II, which had been sunk by U-624 (Soden-Fraunhofen) at 03.05 hours the same day. 12 crew members and 12 survivors were lost. The master, 41 crew members and 48 survivors were picked up after about eight hours from rafts by the HMCS Kenogami (K 125) (Lt P.J.B. Cook) and landed at Londonderry. | ||
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