Pensilva
Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Pensilva | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4.258 tons | ||
| Completed | 1929 - Burntisland Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Burntisland | ||
| Owner | Chellew Navigation Co Ltd, Cardiff | ||
| Homeport | Swansea | ||
| Date of attack | 19 Nov, 1939 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-49 (Kurt von Gossler) | ||
| Position | 46.51N, 11.36W - Grid BF 4445 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | ? men (0 dead and ? survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Durban, South Africa - Gibraltar - Rouen - Dunkirk | ||
| Cargo | 6985 tons of maize | ||
| History | Built as Bryn-y-Mor, 1931 renamed Pensilva | ||
| Notes on loss | At 12.19 hours on 19 Nov, 1939, the unescorted Pensilva (Master Alfred Montague Brockwell) was hit by one torpedo from U-49 northwest of Cape Ortegal and sank slowly by the stern. The ship had been sighted at 09.35 hours and missed with a bow torpedo at 11.15 hours and a stern torpedo at 11.24 hours. The master and the crew were picked up by the HMS Echo (H 23) (Cdr S.H.K. Spurgeon RAN), transferred to HMS Wanderer (D 74) (Cdr R.F. Morice) and landed at Plymouth. | ||
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