Cornish City
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| Name | Cornish City | ||
| Type: | Motor merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4.952 tons | ||
| Completed | 1936 - Furness Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Haverton Hill, Middlesbrough | ||
| Owner | Sir William Reardon Smith & Sons Ltd, Cardiff | ||
| Homeport | Bideford | ||
| Date of attack | 29 Jul, 1943 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-177 (Robert Gysae) | ||
| Position | 27.20S, 52.10E - Grid KR 5726 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 43 (37 dead and 6 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | DN-53 (dispersed) | ||
| Route | Lourenço Marques - Durban (22 Jul) - Aden - Suez | ||
| Cargo | 9600 tons of coal | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 09.00 hours on 29 Jul, 1943, the Cornish City (Master Henry Thomas Isaac), dispersed from convoy DN-53, was hit amidships by one of two torpedoes from U-177 and sank within one minute southeast of Madagascar. The master, 31 crew members and five gunners were lost. Five crew members and one gunner rescued themselves on rafts, were questioned by the Germans and were later picked up by HMAS Nizam (G 38) (Cdr C.H. Brooks) and landed at Port Louis, Mauritius. | ||
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