Kumsang
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| Name | Kumsang | ||
| Type: | Steam passenger ship | ||
| Tonnage | 5.447 tons | ||
| Completed | 1920 - Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd, Sunderland | ||
| Owner | Indo-China Steam Navigation Co Ltd, Hong Kong | ||
| Homeport | Hong Kong | ||
| Date of attack | 30 Sep, 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-125 (Ulrich Folkers) | ||
| Position | 04.07N, 13.40W - Grid ET 9439 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 114 (4 dead and 110 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Colombo - Capetown - Walvis Bay, South West Africa - Freetown - UK | ||
| Cargo | 7000 tons of general cargo | ||
| History | Built as Barrymore, 1925 renamed Kumsang | ||
| Notes on loss | At 06.20 hours on 30 Sep, 1942, the unescorted Kumsang (Master William J. Lawrence) was torpedoed and sunk by U-125 about 300 miles south of Freetown. Four crew members were lost. The master, 101 crew members and eight gunners landed at Cape Mount, Liberia and were brought to Freetown by the British motor launches HMS ML-302 and HMS ML-2771. | ||
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