Aylesbury
Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Aylesbury | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 3.944 tons | ||
| Completed | 1932 - Burntisland Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Burntisland | ||
| Owner | Alexander Capper & Co Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 9 Jul, 1940 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-43 (Wilhelm Ambrosius) | ||
| Position | 48.39N, 13.33W - Grid BE 3853 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 35 (0 dead and 35 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Buenos Aires - Avonmouth | ||
| Cargo | General cargo and grain | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 21.19 hours on 9 Jul, 1940, the unescorted Aylesbury (Master Theodore Pryser) was torpedoed and sunk by U-43 about 200 miles southeast of Ireland. The master and 34 crew members were picked up by the HMS Harvester (H 19) (LtCdr M. Thornton) and HMS Havelock (H 88) (Capt E.B.K. Stevens DSC) and landed at Liverpool. | ||
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