Baron Cochrane
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| Name | Baron Cochrane | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 3.385 tons | ||
| Completed | 1927 - Ayrshire Dockyard Co Ltd, Irvine | ||
| Owner | H. Hogarth & Sons Ltd, Glasgow | ||
| Homeport | Ardrossan | ||
| Date of attack | 29 Dec, 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-123 (Horst von Schroeter) | ||
| Position | 43.23N, 27.14W - Grid BD 9849 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 44 (2 dead and 42 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | ONS-154 (straggler) | ||
| Route | Cardiff - Belfast Lough (19 Dec) - Pernambuco - Rio de Janerio | ||
| Cargo | 4376 tons of coal | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 23.17 hours on 28 Dec, 1942, U-406 (Dieterichs) fired two FAT and three T-3 torpedoes at the convoy ONS-154 northwest of the Azores (grid BD 9340) and reported two ships sunk and two ships damaged, but in fact three ships, Baron Cochrane (station #12), Lynton Grange (station #22) and Zarian (station #13) were hit and damaged. The Baron Cochrane (Master Leslie Anderson) was then missed by a coup de grāce from U-591 (Zetzsche), but sunk by a coup de grāce from U-123 at 00.53 hours on 29 December. The chief engineer and one gunner were the only casualties of 38 crewmen and six gunners. The survivors were picked up by the British destroyer HMS Milne (G 14) (Capt I.M.R. Campbell), which was herself unsuccessful attacked by U-435 (Strelow) at 00.55 hours. They were brought to Ponta Delgada, Azores. | ||
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