Gretavale
Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Gretavale | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4,586 tons | ||
| Completed | 1928 - Lithgows Ltd, Port Glasgow | ||
| Owner | Andrew Crawford & Co Ltd, Glasgow | ||
| Homeport | Glasgow | ||
| Date of attack | 3 Nov 1941 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-202 (Hans-Heinz Linder) | ||
| Position | 51.21N, 51.45W - Grid AJ 7849 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 44 (38 dead and 6 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | SC-52 | ||
| Route | Baltimore - Sydney (29 Oct) - Loch Ewe | ||
| Cargo | 6700 tons of steel and 17 lorries | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 04.54, 04.58 and 05.05 hours on 3 Nov, 1941, U-202 attacked the convoy SC-52 northeast of Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland and observed hits on two ships and heard a third. At 08.44 hours, a capsized wreck was sunk by coup de grāce, possibly that of one of the vessels struck during the first attack. However, the Flynderborg and Gretavale were sunk by these attacks. The master, 31 crew members and six gunners from the Gretavale (Master Frank S. Passmore) were lost. Six crew members were picked up by the HMCS Windflower (K 155) (Lt John Price) and landed at St.Johns. | ||
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