Jutland
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| Name | Jutland | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 6,153 tons | ||
| Completed | 1928 - R. Duncan & Co Ltd, Port Glasgow | ||
| Owner | Tyne & Wear Shipping Co, Newcastle-upon-Tyne | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 3 May 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-251 (Heinrich Timm) | ||
| Position | 73.02N, 19.46E - Grid AB 6634 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 63 (1 dead and 62 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | PQ-15 (straggler) | ||
| Route | Dundee - Reykjavik - Murmansk | ||
| Cargo | 1560 tons of military stores, including 500 tons of cordite and 300 tons of ammunition | ||
| History | 1941 transferred from the Glen & Co, Glasgow to Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). | ||
| Notes on loss | On 2 May 1942, the Jutland (Master John Henderson) in convoy PQ-15 was torpedoed and damaged by a German torpedo aircraft of I/KG 26 south of Bear Island. One passenger was lost. The master, 53 crew members and eight passengers abandoned ship and were picked up by the British destroyer HMS Badsworth (L 03) (Lt G.T.S. Gray) and landed at Murmansk on 6 May. At 00.14 hours on 3 May 1942, the abandoned Jutland was torpedoed and sunk by U-251. | ||
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