Maplecourt
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| Name | Maplecourt | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 3.388 tons | ||
| Completed | 1894 - Bath Iron Works, Bath ME | ||
| Owner | United Towing & Salvage Co, 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 | Built as North West, later renamed Maplecourt | ||
| 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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