Wray Castle
Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Wray Castle | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4.253 tons | ||
| Completed | 1938 - Wm. Hamilton & Co Ltd, Port Glasgow | ||
| Owner | James Chambers & Co Ltd, Liverpool | ||
| Homeport | Liverpool | ||
| Date of attack | 3 May, 1941 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-103 (Viktor Schütze) | ||
| Position | 06.48N, 13.55W - Grid ET 6278 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 57 (1 dead and 56 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Port Louis, Mauritius - Capetown - Freetown - UK | ||
| Cargo | 6800 tons of sugar | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 22.23 hours on 3 May, 1941, the unescorted Wray Castle (Master Gerald T. Dobson) was hit by two torpedoes from U-103 and sank within a few minutes about 110 miles south-southwest of Freetown. One crew member was lost. The master, 49 crew members and six gunners were picked up by the Portuguese steam merchant Angola, landed at St. Thomas, Gulf of Guinea and later brought to Freetown by the Portuguese steam merchant Lourenco Marques. | ||
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