East Wales
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| Name | East Wales | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4.358 tons | ||
| Completed | 1925 - W. Dobson & Co, Walker-on-Tyne | ||
| Owner | Gibbs & Co, Cardiff | ||
| Homeport | Cardiff | ||
| Date of attack | 16 Dec, 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-159 (Helmut Witte) | ||
| Position | 00.24N, 31.27W - Grid FC 2911 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 45 (17 dead and 28 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | New York - Trinidad (9 Dec) - Durban - Alexandria | ||
| Cargo | 7000 tons of government stores and coal | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 20.39 hours on 16 Dec, 1942, the unescorted East Wales (Master Stephen Archibald Rowland) was torpedoed and sunk by U-159 near St.Paul Rocks. The master, eleven crew members and five gunners were lost. 26 crew members and two gunners were picked up by the Swedish merchant Gullmaren and landed at Natal, Brazil. | ||
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