Inverilen
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| Name | Inverilen | ||
| Type: | Motor tanker | ||
| Tonnage | 9.456 tons | ||
| Completed | 1938 - Deutsche Werft AG, Betrieb Finkenwärder, Hamburg | ||
| Owner | Inver Tankers Ltd (A. Weir & Co), London | ||
| Homeport | Glasgow | ||
| Date of attack | 3 Feb, 1943 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-456 (Max-Martin Teichert) | ||
| Position | 56.35N, 23.30W - Grid AL 4131 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 47 (31 dead and 16 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | HX-224 | ||
| Route | New York (22 Jan) - Stanlow | ||
| Cargo | Clean petroleum products | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 02.57 hours on 3 Feb, 1943, the Inverilen (Master Joseph Mann) in convoy HX-224 was torpedoed by U-456 south of Iceland. The tanker was abandoned and sank later in 56°13N/20°35W. The master, 24 crew members and six gunners were lost. 14 crew members and two passengers (DBS) were picked up by the HMS Asphodel (K 56) (Lt G.L. Fraser) and landed at Londonderry. U-456 was chased after the attack by the HMS Londonderry (U 76), which had to abort the chase after she was damaged by a premature detonation of one of her own depth charges. | ||
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