Athelcrown
British Motor tanker
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| Name | Athelcrown | ||
| Type: | Motor tanker | ||
| Tonnage | 11,999 tons | ||
| Completed | 1929 - Furness Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Haverton Hill, Middlesbrough | ||
| Owner | United Molasses Co Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | Liverpool | ||
| Date of attack | 22 Jan 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-82 (Siegfried Rollmann) | ||
| Position | 45.06N, 40.56W - Grid BC 92 | ||
| Complement | 50 (5 dead and 45 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | ON-56 (dispersed) | ||
| Route | Cardiff (8 Jan) - Belfast Lough - Aruba | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | Completed in August 1929 | ||
| Notes on loss | At 23.10 hours on 22 Jan, 1942, the Athelcrown (Master Isaac Burkhill), dispersed from convoy ON-56, was torpedoed and sunk by U-82 southeast of Cape Race. Five crew members were lost. The master, 26 crew members and six gunners were picked up by the British steam merchant Argos Hill and landed at Halifax. Eight crew members were rescued by a British warship. Four crew members found the abandoned, drifting wreck of the Diala, which had been torpedoed on 15 January by U-553 (Thurmann) in 47°28N/39°19W. They remained on board for eight days before they were rescued by the Swedish motor tanker Saturnus and landed on the Faeroe Islands. The wreck of the Diala was sunk by U-587 (Borcherdt) on 23 March. | ||
Location of attack on Athelcrown.
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