Samtucky
| Name | Samtucky | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant (Liberty) | ||
| Tonnage | 7,219 tons | ||
| Completed | 1943 - New England Shipbuilding Corp, Portland ME | ||
| Owner | Furness, Withy & Co Ltd, Liverpool | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 21 Dec 1944 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Damaged by U-806 (Klaus Hornbostel) | ||
| Position | 44.22N, 63.23W - Grid BB 7551 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 47 (0 dead and 47 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | HX-327 | ||
| Route | New York - UK | ||
| Cargo | Government stores and general cargo | ||
| History | Launched as American William Blackstone, lease lend to Britain and completed in October 1943 as Samtucky for the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). 1948 returned to the US Maritime Commission and laid up in Mobile as part of the reserve fleet. 1962 scrapped in Panama. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 20.04 hours on 21 Dec, 1944, the Samtucky in convoy HX-327 was hit by a Gnat from U-806 off Nova Scotia. The badly damaged ship was beached near Halifax and later repaired. | ||
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