Tennessee
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| Name | Tennessee | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 2.342 tons | ||
| Completed | 1921 - Baltica-Varftet A/S, Copenhagen | ||
| Owner | Common Brothers Ltd, Newcastle-upon-Tyne | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 23 Sep, 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-617 (Albrecht Brandi) | ||
| Position | 58.40N, 33.41W - Grid AK 2565 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 35 (15 dead and 20 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | SC-100 (straggler) | ||
| Route | Three Rivers, Quebec - Sydney (13 Sep) - Tyne | ||
| Cargo | 3438 tons of wheat | ||
| History | Built as Fredensbro, 1929 renamed Tennessee for Det Forenede Dampskibs Selskab, Copenhagen. On 1 Jun, 1940, the ship was taken over by Britain and transferred to the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). | ||
| Notes on loss | At 01.42 hours on 23 Sep, 1942, Tennessee (Master Aage Henry Albrechtsen), a straggler from convoy SC-100, was hit amidships by one torpedo from U-617 and sank after eleven minutes southeast of Cape Farewell. The master, nine crew members and five gunners were lost. Nine crew members and three gunners were rescued by HMS Nasturtium (K 107) (Lt C.D. Smith DSC) and landed at Londonderry. On 26 September, the second officer and seven crew members were picked up by the US Coast Guard cutter USS Ingham (WPG 35) and landed at Reykjavik on 2 October. | ||
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