Stockport
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| Name | Stockport | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 1.683 tons | ||
| Completed | 1911 - Earle´s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Hull | ||
| Owner | London & North Eastern Railway Co, London | ||
| Homeport | Grimsby | ||
| Date of attack | 23 Feb, 1943 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-604 (Horst Höltring) | ||
| Position | 47.22N, 34.10W - Grid BD 4633 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 64 (64 dead - no survivors) | ||
| Convoy | ON-166 (straggler) | ||
| Route | Greenock (8 Feb) - Clyde (11 Feb) - St. Johns | ||
| Cargo | None (Rescue ship) | ||
| History | On 22 Oct, 1941, the Stockport became operational as rescue ship, took part in 16 convoys and picked up 413 survivors altogether. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 03.12 hours on 23 Feb, 1943, U-604 fired a spread of four torpedoes at the Stockport (Master Thomas Ernest Fea OBE) and scored two hits that caused the ship to sink within three minutes east of Cape Race. The rescue ship fell behind the convoy ON-166 when picking up the survivors from Empire Trader on 22 February. After transferring the men to HMCS Dauphin (K 157), she tried to rejoin the convoy but was torpedoed and lost with all hands. | ||
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