Agapenor
| Name | Agapenor | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 7.392 tons | ||
| Completed | 1914 - Scott“s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Greenock | ||
| Owner | Alfred Holt & Co, Liverpool | ||
| Homeport | Liverpool | ||
| Date of attack | 11 Oct, 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-87 (Joachim Berger) | ||
| Position | 06.53N, 15.23W - Grid ET 5558 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 131 (7 dead and 124 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Karachi - Capetown (29 Sep) - Freetown - UK | ||
| Cargo | 6500 tons of general cargo and 750 tons of copper | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 04.58 hours on 11 Oct, 1942, the unescorted Agapenor (Master Philip William Savery) was hit by two torpedoes from U-87 about 180 miles south of Freetown and sank after being hit aft by a coup de grāce at 05.19 hours. The U-boat had missed the ship with a first spread of two torpedoes at 02.50 hours. Earlier the ship had picked up 36 survivors from the Glendene, which had been sunk by U-125 (Folkers) on 8 October. Seven crew members were lost. The master, 73 crew members, 14 gunners and all 36 survivors were picked up by HMS Petunia (K 79) (LtCdr J.M. Rayner) and landed at Freetown. On 15 October, they left Freetown for Glasgow on the British steam passenger ship Carnavon Castle. The master Philip William Savery had already lost another ship to an U-boat, when Helenus was sunk by U-68 (Merten) on 3 Mar, 1942. | ||
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