Gypsum Queen
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| Name | Gypsum Queen | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 3.915 tons | ||
| Completed | 1927 - Furness Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Haverton Hill, Middlesbrough | ||
| Owner | Gypsum Packet Co Ltd, Windsor NS | ||
| Homeport | Middlesbrough | ||
| Date of attack | 11 Sep, 1941 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-82 (Siegfried Rollmann) | ||
| Position | 63.05N, 37.50W - Grid AD 7177 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 36 (10 dead and 26 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | SC-42 | ||
| Route | New Orleans - Sydney (30 Aug) - Glasgow | ||
| Cargo | 5500 tons of sulphur | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 01.51 hours on 11 Sep, 1941, U-82 fired four torpedoes at the convoy SC-42 south of Cape Farewell. The first three torpedoes missed and the fourth hit the Bulysses, which exploded. The stern shot at 02.12 hours hit the Gypsum Queen, which sank within one minute. Nine crew members and one gunner from the Gypsum Queen (Master Alban Jason Chapman) were lost. The master, 22 crew members and three gunners were picked up by the Norwegian merchant Vestland and landed at Belfast. | ||
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