Eurymedon
| Name | Eurymedon | ||
| Type: | Motor merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 6,223 tons | ||
| Completed | 1924 - Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Dundee | ||
| Owner | Alfred Holt & Co, Liverpool | ||
| Homeport | Liverpool | ||
| Date of attack | 25 Sep 1940 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-29 (Otto Schuhart) | ||
| Position | 53.34N, 20.23W - Grid AL 9111 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 93 (29 dead and 64 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | OB-217 (dispersed) | ||
| Route | Liverpool (21 Sep) - Capetown - Java | ||
| Cargo | 3000 tons of general cargo | ||
| History | Completed in December 1924 | ||
| Notes on loss | At 14.02 hours on 25 Sep, 1940, the Eurymedon (Master John Faulkner Webster), dispersed from convoy OB-217, was hit aft by one torpedo from U-29 366 miles west of Achill Head. At 16.00 hours, the ship was hit amidships by a coup de grâce, but remained afloat until she foundered two days later in 53°24N/18°37W. 20 crew members and nine passengers were lost. The master, 41 crew members and 22 passengers were picked up by HMCS Ottawa (H 60) (Cdr E.R. Mainguy, RCN) and landed at Greenock on 27 September. The master J.F. Webster was awarded the Lloyd´s War Medal for bravery at sea. | ||
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