Ger-y-Bryn
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| Name | Ger-y-Bryn | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5,108 tons | ||
| Completed | 1941 - Burntisland Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Burntisland | ||
| Owner | Ambrose, Davies & Matthews Ltd, Swansea | ||
| Homeport | Swansea | ||
| Date of attack | 5 Mar 1943 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-130 (Siegfried Keller) | ||
| Position | 43.50N, 14.46W - Grid BE 9495 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 47 (0 dead and 47 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | XK-2 | ||
| Route | Lagos, Nigeria - Gibraltar - Hull | ||
| Cargo | 8181 tons of West African produce | ||
| History | Completed in May 1941 | ||
| Notes on loss | At 17.45 hours on 5 Mar, 1943, U-130 attacked the convoy XK-2 northwest of Lisbon and sank four ships, the Fidra, Empire Tower, Trefusis and Ger-y-Bryn. The master, the crew of 37 and the nine gunners from the Ger-y-Bryn (Master Theodore John Butler Beard) were rescued by HMS Coreopsis (K 32) (T/Lt B.C. Hamilton, RNR), transferred to HMS Loch Oskaig (FY 175) (Lt G.F.S. Clampitt) and landed at Londonderry. | ||
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