Arkleside
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| Name | Arkleside | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 1,567 tons | ||
| Completed | 1924 - Osbourne, Graham & Co Ltd, North Hylton, Sunderland | ||
| Owner | Smith, Hogg & Co Ltd, West Hartlepool | ||
| Homeport | West Hartlepool | ||
| Date of attack | 16 Sep 1939 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-33 (Hans-Wilhelm von Dresky) | ||
| Position | 48.00N, 09.30W - Grid BF 4156 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | ? men (0 dead and ? survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Tyne - Gibraltar | ||
| Cargo | 2500 tons of coal and coke | ||
| History | Completed in February 1924 | ||
| Notes on loss | At 07.00 hours on 16 Sep, 1939, U-33 stopped the unescorted Arkleside (Master Robert William Edmondson) with a shot across her bow about 150 miles southwest of Lands End. The crew immediately abandoned ship, but the Germans ordered them to reboard their vessel and to follow the U-boat because bad weather prevented a contraband control. At 19.00 hours, the U-boat stopped two French fishing smacks and transferred the British crew to them, while a German boarding party searched the Arkleside. At 21.30 hours, the vessel was sunk by a coup de grāce. The survivors were taken by the French vessels to Concarneau, 60 miles south of Ushant. | ||
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