Ships hit by U-boats


Ainderby

British Steam merchant



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NameAinderby
Type:Steam merchant
Tonnage4,860 tons
Completed1925 - W. Gray & Co Ltd, West Hartlepool 
OwnerSir R. Ropner & Co Ltd, West Hartlepool 
HomeportWest Hartlepool 
Date of attack10 Jun 1941Nationality:      British
 
FateSunk by U-552 (Erich Topp)
Position55° 30'N, 12° 10'W - Grid AM 4386
Complement41 (12 dead and 29 survivors).
Convoy
RouteSantos - Tyne 
Cargo7700 tons of iron ore 
History Completed in July 1925 
Notes on event

At 10.55 hours on 10 June 1941 the unescorted Ainderby (Master George Robert Cobb) was torpedoed and sunk by U-552 130 miles west by north of Bloody Foreland. Eleven crew members and one gunner were lost. The master, 27 crew members and one gunner were picked up by HMS Veteran (D 72) (Cdr W.T. Couchman, OBE, RN) and landed at Greenock.

 
On boardWe have details of 13 people who were on board


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