Lynton Grange
| Name | Lynton Grange | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5.029 tons | ||
| Completed | 1937 - Blythswood Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Glasgow | ||
| Owner | Houlder Brothers & Co Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 29 Dec, 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-628 (Heinrich Hasenschar) | ||
| Position | 43.23N, 27.14W - Grid BD 9854 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 52 (0 dead and 52 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | ONS-154 (straggler) | ||
| Route | Swansea - Belfast Lough (18 Dec) - Saldanha Bay - Capetown - Middle East | ||
| Cargo | 5997 tons of government stores and general cargo | ||
| 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 and reported two ships sunk and two ships damaged, but in fact three ships, Baron Cochrane in station #12, Lynton Grange in station #22 and Zarian in station #13 were hit and damaged. At 01.03 hours on 29 December, the abandoned Lynton Grange (Master Robert Stanley Grigg OBE) was hit by a coup de grāce from U-628 and sank within 90 seconds. The master, 41 crew members and ten gunners were picked up by the HMS Milne (G 14) (Capt I.M.R. Campbell) and landed at Ponta Delgada, Azores. | ||
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