Eastmoor
Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Eastmoor | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5.812 tons | ||
| Completed | 1922 - Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Howden-on-Tyne | ||
| Owner | Walter Runciman & Co Ltd, Newcastle-upon-Tyne | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 1 Apr, 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-71 (Walter Flachsenberg) | ||
| Position | 37.33N, 68.18W - Grid CA 6997 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 52 (16 dead and 36 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Savannah - Halifax - UK | ||
| Cargo | 7500 tons of general cargo | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 04.53 hours on 1 Apr, 1942, the unescorted Eastmoor (Master James Basil Rodgers) was torpedoed and sunk by U-71 about 600 miles east of Hampton Roads. The master, 12 crew members and three gunners were lost. 29 crew members and seven gunners were picked up by the British merchant Calgary and landed at Capetown. | ||
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