Aymeric
British Steam merchant
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| Name | Aymeric | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5,196 tons | ||
| Completed | 1919 - Robert Thompson & Sons, Bridge Dockyard, Sunderland | ||
| Owner | Andrew Weir & Co, London | ||
| Homeport | Glasgow | ||
| Date of attack | 17 May 1943 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-657 (Heinrich Göllnitz) | ||
| Position | 59.42N, 41.39W - Grid AD 9725 | ||
| Complement | 78 (53 dead and 25 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | ONS-7 | ||
| Route | Middlesbrough - Clyde (7 May) - Halifax - New York | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | Launched as War Nemesia, May 1919 completed as Aymeric for Bank Line Ltd (Andrew Weir & Co), London | ||
| Notes on loss | At 02.37 hours on 17 May 1943, the Aymeric (Master Sidney Morris) in convoy ONS-7 was torpedoed and sunk by U-657 east of Cape Farewell. 52 crew members and one gunner were lost. The master, 18 crew members and six gunners were picked up by the British rescue ship Copeland (Master W.J. Hartley DSC) and the British armed trawler HMS Northern Wave (FY 153) (Lt J.P. Kilbee) and landed at Halifax on 25 May. | ||
Location of attack on Aymeric.
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