Yarraville
Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Yarraville | ||
| Type: | Steam tanker | ||
| Tonnage | 8.627 tons | ||
| Completed | 1928 - Lithgows Ltd, Port Glasgow | ||
| Owner | Standard Transportation Co Ltd, Hong Kong | ||
| Homeport | Hong Kong | ||
| Date of attack | 21 Jun, 1940 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-43 (Wilhelm Ambrosius) | ||
| Position | 39.40N, 11.34W - Grid CG 5415 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 50 (5 dead and 45 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | 65-X | ||
| Route | Bec d´Ambes - Casablanca - Beaumont, Texas | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 16.36 hours on 21 Jun, 1940, the Yarraville (Master William Alexander Beveridge) in convoy 65-X was hit by one torpedo from U-43, caught fire and sank southwest of Figueira da Foz, Portugal. Five crew members were lost. The master and 44 crew members (seven of them wounded) were picked up by the French trawler Marie Gilberte and landed at Gibraltar. | ||
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