Balmoralwood
| Name | Balmoralwood | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5,834 tons | ||
| Completed | 1937 - R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Hebburn-on-Tyne | ||
| Owner | Constantine Shipping Co Ltd, Middlesbrough | ||
| Homeport | Middlesbrough | ||
| Date of attack | 14 Jun 1940 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-47 (Günther Prien) | ||
| Position | 50.19N, 10.28W - Grid BF 1158 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 41 (0 dead and 41 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | HX-47 (straggler) | ||
| Route | Sorel, Quebec - Halifax - Falmouth | ||
| Cargo | 8730 tons of wheat and four aircraft as deck cargo | ||
| History | Completed in February 1937 | ||
| Notes on loss | At 19.44 hours on 14 Jun, 1940, the Balmoralwood (Master Frank H. Chilton), a straggler from convoy HX-47, was hit amidships by one stern torpedo from U-47 and sank after two hours about 70 miles south-southwest of Cape Clear. The master, 39 crew members and one gunner were picked up by Germanic and landed at Liverpool. | ||
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