Baron Pentland
Photo courtesy of Joe McMillan collection
| Name | Baron Pentland | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 3,410 tons | ||
| Completed | 1927 - Ayrshire Dockyard Co Ltd, Irvine | ||
| Owner | H. Hogarth & Sons Ltd, Glasgow | ||
| Homeport | Ardrossan | ||
| Date of attack | 19 Sep 1941 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-372 (Heinz-Joachim Neumann) | ||
| Position | 61.15N, 41.05W - Grid AJ 3278 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 41 (2 dead and 39 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | SC-42 (straggler) | ||
| Route | St. John, New Brunswick - Sydney (30 Aug) - Hartlepool | ||
| Cargo | 1512 standards of timber | ||
| History | Completed in August 1927 | ||
| Notes on loss | At 04.52 hours on 10 Sep, 1941, U-652 (Fraatz) fired two single torpedoes at ships of the convoy SC-42 northeast of Cape Farewell, heard two detonations after three minutes and reported two ships probably sunk. In fact, Tahchee and Baron Pentland were damaged. The Baron Pentland (Master Alexander Bleasby Campbell) remained afloat due her load of timber despite of a broken back and was torpedoed and sunk by U-372 at 14.33 hours on 19 September. Two crew members were lost. The master, 30 crew members and eight gunners were picked up by HMCS Orillia (K 119) (T/LtCdr W.E.S. Briggs, RCNR) of the 24th Escort Group and landed at Reykjavik. | ||
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