New Toronto
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| Name | New Toronto | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 6.568 tons | ||
| Completed | 1919 - Harland & Wolff Ltd, Belfast | ||
| Owner | Elder Dempster Lines Ltd, Liverpool | ||
| Homeport | Liverpool | ||
| Date of attack | 5 Nov, 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-126 (Ernst Bauer) | ||
| Position | 05.57N, 02.30E - Grid EV 6734 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 106 (4 dead and 102 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | TS-23 (dispersed) | ||
| Route | Forcados, Nigeria - Lagos - Accra - Liverpool | ||
| Cargo | 8000 tons of African produce, including kernels, seeds, 240 tons of cotton, 140 tons of palm oil, 45 tons of Kapok, 23 tons of wolfram, 12 tons of tin, 3 boxes of gold and 10 bags of mail | ||
| History | Completed in October 1919 | ||
| Notes on loss | At 20.59 hours on 5 Nov, 1942, the New Toronto (Master Claude James Kewley), dispersed from convoy TS-23, was hit by one of two torpedoes from U-126 and stopped southeast of Kotonu. The ship sank after being hit by two coups de grāce at 21.17 and 21.54 hours. Three crew members and one cattleman were lost. The master, 50 crew members, six gunners, 28 cattlemen and 17 Kroomen were picked up by the British motor launch HMS ML-263. | ||
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