Dayrose
Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Dayrose | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4,113 tons | ||
| Completed | 1928 - Robert Thompson & Sons Ltd, Bridge Dockyard, Sunderland | ||
| Owner | Claymore Shipping Co Ltd, Cardiff | ||
| Homeport | Cardiff | ||
| Date of attack | 15 Jan 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-552 (Erich Topp) | ||
| Position | 46.32N, 53.00W - Grid BB 6673 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 42 (38 dead and 4 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | St. Johns, Newfoundland - Halifax - Portland, Maine | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 01.38 hours on 15 Jan, 1942, the unescorted Dayrose (Master Arthur Frederick Newman) was torpedoed and sunk by U-552 southwest of Cape Race. Altogether, the U-boat fired five torpedoes of which two struck the vessel and broke her in two. The master, 31 crew members and six gunners were lost. Four crew members (two by each destroyer) were picked up by USS Ericsson (DD 440) and USS Stack (DD 406) and landed at Argentia, Newfoundland. | ||
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