Guido
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| Name | Guido | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 3,921 tons | ||
| Completed | 1920 - Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd, Goole | ||
| Owner | Ellerman´s Wilson Line Ltd, Hull | ||
| Homeport | Hull | ||
| Date of attack | 8 Mar 1943 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-633 (Bernhard Müller) | ||
| Position | 58.08N, 32.20W - Grid AK 2731 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 45 (10 dead and 35 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | SC-121 (romper) | ||
| Route | St. Kitts - New York (23 Feb) - Greenock | ||
| Cargo | 4242 tons of sugar and 24 tons of cotton and mail | ||
| History | Completed in December 1920 | ||
| Notes on loss | At 08.55 hours on 8 Mar, 1943, the Guido (Master George Mussared) was torpedoed and sunk by U-633 about 450 miles east-southeast of Cape Farewell. The vessel was a romper 10 miles off the starboard bow of the convoy SC-121. Eight crew members and two gunners were lost. The master, 28 crew members and six gunners were picked up by USCGC Spencer (WPG 36) and landed at Londonderry. | ||
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