Manchester Merchant
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| Name | Manchester Merchant | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 7,264 tons | ||
| Completed | 1940 - Blythswood Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Glasgow | ||
| Owner | Manchester Liners Ltd, Manchester | ||
| Homeport | Manchester | ||
| Date of attack | 25 Feb 1943 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-628 (Heinrich Hasenschar) | ||
| Position | 45.10N, 43.23W - Grid BC 8230 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 67 (35 dead and 32 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | ON-166 | ||
| Route | Manchester - Halifax - St. John, New Brunswick - New York | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 08.17 hours on 25 Feb, 1943, U-628 fired a spread of four FAT torpedoes and one stern torpedo at the convoy ON-166 about 400 miles east-southeast of Cape Race and reported one ship sunk. The Manchester Merchant (Master Frederick Struss DSC) sank within 90 seconds. 29 crew members and six gunners were lost. The master, 27 crew members and four gunners were picked up by HMS Montgomery (G 95) (LtCdr W.L. Puxley) and HMCS Rosthern (K 169) (Lt R.J.G. Johnson, RCNVR) and landed at St. Johns. | ||
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