Everleigh
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| Name | Everleigh | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5.222 tons | ||
| Completed | 1930 - Furness Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Haverton Hill, Middlesbrough | ||
| Owner | W.J. Tatem Ltd, Cardiff | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 6 Feb, 1945 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-1017 (Werner Riecken) | ||
| Position | 50.30N, 01.48W - Grid BF 3155 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 56 (6 dead and 50 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | TBC-60 | ||
| Route | London - Barry Roads - New York | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | On 6 Feb, 1945, U-1017 attacked the convoy TBC-60 southeast of Durlston Head and claimed hits on two 6000 tons freighters. However, the only ship hit was Everleigh (Master William Henry Gould). Six crew members were lost. The master, 42 crew members and seven gunners were picked up by the British landing craft HMS LCI-33 and landed at Portland. | ||
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