Navasota
Photo courtesy of the Allen Collection
| Name | Navasota | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 8,795 tons | ||
| Completed | 1917 - Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd, Walker-on-Tyne | ||
| Owner | Royal Mail Lines Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 5 Dec 1939 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-47 (Günther Prien) | ||
| Position | 50.43N, 10.16W - Grid BF 1128 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 82 (37 dead and 45 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | OB-46 | ||
| Route | Liverpool - Buenos Aires | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | Completed in December 1917 | ||
| Notes on loss | At 14.40 hours on 5 Dec, 1939, the Navasota (Master Charles Joseph Goble) in convoy OB-46 was hit by one torpedo from U-47 and sank about 150 miles west of Bishop Rock. The master and 36 crew members were lost. 37 crew members were picked up by HMS Escapade (H 17) (Cdr H.R. Graham, RN) and eight crew members by the British steam merchant Clan Farquhar and landed at Capetown. | ||
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