Loch Lomond
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| Name | Loch Lomond | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5.452 tons | ||
| Completed | 1934 - D. & W. Henderson & Co Ltd, Glasgow | ||
| Owner | Maclay & McIntyre Ltd, Glasgow | ||
| Homeport | Glasgow | ||
| Date of attack | 20 Oct, 1940 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-100 (Joachim Schepke) | ||
| Position | 56.00N, 14.30W - Grid AM 4149 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 112 (1 dead and 111 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | HX-79 (straggler) | ||
| Route | Montreal - Halifax (8 Oct) - Immingham | ||
| Cargo | 6000 tons of lumber and 1858 tons of steel | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 07.20 hours on 20 Oct, 1940, the Loch Lomond (Master William James Park), a straggler from convoy HX-79, was torpedoed by U-100 southwest of Rockall. The ship had rescued 72 survivors from the Matheran and fell behind the convoy. The U-boat began shelling the abandoned ship at 14.15 hours until she sank after 79 shells were fired. One crew member was lost. The master, 38 crew members and all survivors were picked up by the HMS Jason (J 99) (LtCdr R.E. Terry) and landed at Methil. | ||
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