Dalblair
Photo courtesy of the Allen Collection
| Name | Dalblair | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4,608 tons | ||
| Completed | 1926 - Scottīs Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Greenock | ||
| Owner | Campbell Brothers & Co, Newcastle-upon-Tyne | ||
| Homeport | Newcastle | ||
| Date of attack | 29 Aug 1940 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-100 (Joachim Schepke) | ||
| Position | 56.06N, 13.33W - Grid AM 4345 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 41 (4 dead and 37 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | OA-204 | ||
| Route | Tyne - Philadelphia | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | Completed in August 1926 | ||
| Notes on loss | At 00.23 hours on 29 Aug, 1940, U-100 fired torpedoes at the convoy OA-204 148 miles northwest of Bloody Foreland, damaged the Hartismere and sank the Dalblair. The Dalblair (Master John H. Bruton) was hit amidships on starboard side and sank in ten minutes. Four crew members were lost. 17 crew members were picked up by HMS Clematis (K 36) (Cdr Y.M. Cleeves, DSO, DSC, RNR), later transferred to HMS Englishman and landed at Londonderry. The master, 18 crew members and one gunner were picked up by the Alida Gorthon, which was also sunk by U-100 three hours later. All survivors from Dalblair were lost. | ||
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