Macgregor
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| Name | Macgregor | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 2.498 tons | ||
| Completed | 1919 - Forth Shipbuilding & Engineering Co (1921) Ltd, Alloa | ||
| Owner | Sir Eric Bart Ohlson, Hull | ||
| Homeport | Ardrossan | ||
| Date of attack | 27 Feb, 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-156 (Werner Hartenstein) | ||
| Position | 19.50N, 69.40W - Grid DO 77 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 31 (1 dead and 30 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | ON-60 (dispersed) | ||
| Route | Tyne - Tampa, Florida | ||
| Cargo | 2621 tons of coal | ||
| History | Completed in July 1919 as War Melon for The Shipping Controller, managed by J. Hopper. 1919 renamed Baron Garioch for H. Hogarth & Sons Ltd, Ardrossan. 1935 renamed Macgregor for Guardian Line (Charles Alan Roberts), Cardiff. 1941 sold to Sir Eric Bart Ohlson, Hull. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 10.35 hours on 27 Feb, 1942, the Macgregor (Master William George Todman), dispersed from convoy ON-60, was sunk by gunfire by U-156 about 25 miles northwest of Cape Viejos, Puerto Rico. One crew member was lost. The master, 23 crew members and six gunners were picked up by a San Domingo Coast Guard cutter and landed at Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic. | ||
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