Bonheur
Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Bonheur | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5.327 tons | ||
| Completed | 1920 - Harland & Wolff Ltd, Belfast | ||
| Owner | Lamport & Holt Ltd, Liverpool | ||
| Homeport | Liverpool | ||
| Date of attack | 15 Oct, 1940 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-138 (Wolfgang Lüth) | ||
| Position | 57.10N, 08.36W - Grid AM 3941 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 39 (0 dead and 39 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | OB-228 | ||
| Route | Liverpool - Rosario | ||
| Cargo | 5200 tons of general cargo | ||
| History | Completed in October 1920 | ||
| Notes on loss | At 05.10 hours on 15 Oct, 1940, U-138 fired torpedoes at the convoy OB-228 38 miles northwest of Butt of Lewis and hit the Bonheur and five minutes later the British Glory. The Bonheur (Master Leon Otto Everett) foundered later in 57°14N/08°20W. The master and 38 crew members were picked up by HMS Sphene (FY 249) (Chief Skipper W.J.J. Tucker, RNR) and landed at Belfast. | ||
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