Maplecourt
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| Name | Maplecourt | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 3,388 tons | ||
| Completed | 1894 - Globe Iron Works, Cleveland OH | ||
| Owner | United Towing & Salvage Co Ltd, Port Arthur, Ontario | ||
| Homeport | Montreal | ||
| Date of attack | 6 Feb 1941 | Nationality:  Canadian | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-107 (Günter Hessler) | ||
| Position | 55.39N, 15.56W - Grid AL 3871 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 37 (37 dead - no survivors) | ||
| Convoy | SC-20 (straggler) | ||
| Route | Montreal - Sydney - Preston | ||
| Cargo | 3604 tons of general cargo, including 1540 tons of steel | ||
| History | Completed in January 1894 as Great Lakes steam passenger ship North West for Northern SS Co, Buffalo NY. On 3 Jun, 1911, badly damaged by fire at Buffalo and not returned to passenger service. 1915 sold to Susquehanna Finance Corp, Buffalo NY. 1918 sold to Canada and owned by J.F. Darcy, Montreal. The ship was cut in two for transit to Montreal trough the Welland Canal, but the forward half foundered under tow near Scotch Bonnet in Lake Ontario on 29 Nov, 1918. Two crew members were lost. The remaining half was bought by Davie Shipbuilding & Repair Co Ltd, Lauzon PQ and converted to the steam merchant Maplecourt fitted with a new bow. Returned to service in 1922 with Canada Steamship Lines Ltd, Montreal. 1927 stranded on Magnetic Reef in Georgian Bay and was then bought by Sin-Mac Lines Ltd, Montreal. 1937 sold to United Towing & Salvage Co Ltd, Port Arthur, Ontario. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 17.52 hours on 6 Feb, 1941, the Maplecourt (Master Emrys Herbert Humphreys), a straggler from convoy SC-20, was hit by one torpedo from U-107 south-southwest of Rockall and sank rapidly by the stern. The master and 36 crew members were lost. The ship had been spotted at 10.15 hours and missed by a first torpedo at 13.53 hours. | ||
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