Allied Ships hit by U-boats


Athelviscount


Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart

NameAthelviscount
Type:Motor tanker
Tonnage8,882 tons
Completed1929 - R. Duncan & Co Ltd, Port Glasgow 
OwnerUnited Molasses Co Ltd, London 
HomeportLiverpool 
Date of attack22 Mar 1942Nationality:      British
 
FateDamaged by U-202 (Hans-Heinz Linder)
Position38.46N, 52.44W - Grid CC 5497
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Complement? men (4 dead and ? survivors).
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Cargo 
History 1942 transferred to Ministry of War Transport (MoWT), repaired and renamed Empire Viscount; 1946 returned to owner and renamed Athelviscount
1957 scrapped at Hendrik Ido Ambacht, Netherlands 
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