Charles L.D.
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| Name | Charles L.D. | ||
| Type: | Motor merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5.273 tons | ||
| Completed | 1933 - Götaverken A/B, Gothenburg | ||
| Owner | Union-Castle Mail SS Co Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 9 Dec, 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-553 (Karl Thurmann) | ||
| Position | 59.02N, 30.45W - Grid AK 3510 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 48 (36 dead and 12 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | HX-217 | ||
| Route | Karachi (8 Sep) - New York (27 Nov) - Glasgow | ||
| Cargo | 6517 tons of general cargo | ||
| History | Built as French Charles L.D. for Louis Dreyfus & Compagnie, Paris 1940 taken over by Britain and transferred to the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). | ||
| Notes on loss | At 09.10 hours on 9 Dec, 1942, the Charles L.D. (Master Diego Emmanuel Canoz) in convoy HX-217 was torpedoed and sunk by U-553 southeast of Cape Farewell. 36 crew members were lost. The master and 11 crew members were picked up by the British rescue ship Perth (Master Keith Williamson OBE) and landed at Clyde on 13 December. | ||
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