Blairspey
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| Name | Blairspey | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4.155 tons | ||
| Completed | 1929 - Ardrossan Dockyard & Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Ardrossan | ||
| Owner | George Nisbet & Co, Glasgow | ||
| Homeport | Glasgow | ||
| Date of attack | 19 Oct, 1940 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Damaged by U-100 (Joachim Schepke) | ||
| Position | 57.55N, 11.10W - Grid AM 2919 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 34 (? dead and ? survivors). | ||
| Convoy | SC-7 (straggler) | ||
| Route | Rimouski, Quebec - Grangemouth | ||
| Cargo | Timber | ||
| History | Completed in October 1929 Post-war:In 1946 the Empire Spey was returned to her pre-war owner and renamed Blairspey. 1961 renamed Evandros under Lebanese flag for Marfuente Cia Nav SA (J.P. Hadoulis), Panama. Broken up in La Spezia in May 1967. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 23.08 hours on 18 Oct, 1940, U-101 (Frauenheim) attacked the convoy SC-7 east-northeast of Rockall and claimed two ships with 9500 tons sunk and one with 6000 tons damaged. According to Allied sources only the Blairspey was hit by one or two torpedoes at this time and fell behind the convoy. The Blairspey was not repaired until 1942, when she was rebuilt with a new forepart for the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT), but still managed by her old owner and renamed Empire Spey. | ||
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