Glenmoor
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| Name | Glenmoor | ||
| Type: | Motor merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4,393 tons | ||
| Completed | 1928 - William Doxford & Sons Ltd, Sunderland | ||
| Owner | Walter Runciman & Co Ltd, Newcastle-upon-Tyne | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 27 Nov 1940 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-103 (Viktor Schütze) | ||
| Position | 54.35N, 14.31W - Grid AM 4818 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 33 (31 dead and 2 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | OB-248 (straggler) | ||
| Route | Cardiff - Alexandria | ||
| Cargo | 7410 tons of coal | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 19.56 hours on 27 Nov, 1940, the Glenmoor (Master Jack Young) was torpedoed and sunk by U-103 about 167 miles northwest of Sylne Head, while straggling from convoy OB-248. The master and 30 crew members died. Two crew members were picked up by the HMS Harvester (H 19) (LtCdr M. Thornton) and HMS Havelock (H 88) (LtCdr E.H. Thomas) and landed at Liverpool. | ||
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