Oued Grou
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| Name | Oued Grou | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 792 tons | ||
| Completed | 1921 - D.W. Kremer & Sohn, Elmshorn | ||
| Owner | Elder Dempster Lines Ltd, Liverpool | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 4 Nov, 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-126 (Ernst Bauer) | ||
| Position | 04.53N, 04.49E - Grid EW 7431 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 39 (5 dead and 34 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Takoradi - Lagos (3 Nov) - Port Harcourt | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | Built as Peter, later renamed Oued Grou In 1940 the French Oued Grou was taken over by Britain and transferred to the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). | ||
| Notes on loss | At 08.15 hours on 4 Nov, 1942, the unescorted Oued Grou (Master Sydney Pattinson Dodgson) was torpedoed and sunk by U-126 southwest of Forcados in the Bight of Benin. Five crew members were lost. The master and 33 crew members made landfall at the village of Kulama, Nigeria. | ||
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