Bretwalda
| Name | Bretwalda | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4,906 tons | ||
| Completed | 1939 - J.L. Thompson & Sons Ltd, North Sands, Sunderland | ||
| Owner | Hall Brothers, Newcastle-upon-Tyne | ||
| Homeport | Newcastle | ||
| Date of attack | 18 Dec 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-563 ( Götz von Hartmann) | ||
| Position | 44.35N, 16.28W - Grid BE 8691 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 56 (1 dead and 55 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | MKS-3Y (straggler) | ||
| Route | Philippeville - Algiers (9 Dec) - Belfast | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | On 18 Dec, 1942, the Bretwalda (Master William Stanley Dunstan), a straggler from convoy MKS-3Y, was torpedoed and sunk by U-563 about 330 miles west-northwest of Cape Finisterre. One gunner was lost. The master, 39 crew members and 15 gunners were picked up by ORP Krakowiak (L 115) and landed at Milford Haven on 22 December. | ||
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