Wrotham
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| Name | Wrotham | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 1,884 tons | ||
| Completed | 1927 - J.L. Thompson & Sons Ltd, North Sands, Sunderland | ||
| Owner | Halford Constants Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | Sunderland | ||
| Date of attack | 28 Jul 1941 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-561 (Robert Bartels) | ||
| Position | 43N, 17W - Grid CF 3513 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 26 (0 dead and 26 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | OG-69 | ||
| Route | Ardrossan - Huelva, Spain | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | Built as Ramshope, 1929 renamed Firtree, 1935 renamed Wrotham | ||
| Notes on loss | At 04.24 hours on 28 Jul, 1941, U-561 fired three torpedoes at the convoy OG-69 west of Cape Finisterre and observed a hit and flames on a large tanker, a hit on a freighter that sank in 30 seconds and thought that they hit a third ship in the convoy. However, only the Wrotham (Master James Gordon Davies) was hit and sunk. The master, 22 crew members and three gunners were picked up by HMS Fleur de Lys (K 122) (Lt A. Collins) and HMS Rhododendron (K 78) (SubLt R.H. Towersey) and landed at Gibraltar. | ||
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