Trefusis
Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Trefusis | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5,299 tons | ||
| Completed | 1918 - William Doxford & Sons Ltd, Sunderland | ||
| Owner | The Hain Steamship Co Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | St. Ives | ||
| Date of attack | 5 Mar 1943 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-130 ( Siegfried Keller) | ||
| Position | 43.50N, 14.46W - Grid BE 9495 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 47 (3 dead and 44 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | XK-2 | ||
| Route | Pepel - Gibraltar - London | ||
| Cargo | 7400 tons of iron ore | ||
| History | Built as War Aconite, 1919 renamed Trefusis | ||
| Notes on loss | At 17.45 hours on 5 Mar, 1943, U-130 attacked the convoy XK-2 northwest of Lisbon and sank four ships, the Fidra, Empire Tower, Trefusis and Ger-y-Bryn. Three crew members from Trefusis (Master Robert Tyrer Browne) were lost. The master, 37 crew members and six gunners were picked up by HMS Coreopsis (K 32) (T/Lt B.C. Hamilton, RNR), transferred to HMS Loch Oskaig (FY 175) (Lt G.F.S. Clampitt) and landed at Londonderry. | ||
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