Stork
| Name | Stork | ||
| Type: | Motor merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 787 tons | ||
| Completed | 1937 - Ailsa Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Troon | ||
| Owner | General Steam Navigation Co Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 23 Aug, 1941 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-201 (Adalbert Schnee) | ||
| Position | 40.43N, 11.39W - Grid CG 2771 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 22 (19 dead and 3 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | OG-71 | ||
| Route | Preston - Gibraltar | ||
| Cargo | Cased motor spirit | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 02.14 hours on 23 Aug, 1941, U-201 fired a spread of four torpedoes at the convoy OG-71 northwest of Lisbon and saw one hit on a freighter and two on a tanker which sank burning after 15 minutes. Two minutes later a stern torpedo was fired and a detonation heard. Schnee claimed two ships with 9000 grt sunk and two with 12.000 grt damaged. In fact, only the Stork and Aldergrove were sunk in this attack. The master, 16 crew members and two gunners from Stork (Master Evan Atterbury Morris Williams) were lost. One crew member and two gunners were picked up by HMS Wallflower (K 44) (LtCdr I.J. Tyson) and landed at Gibraltar on 24 August. | ||
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