Helmspey
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| Name | Helmspey | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4,764 tons | ||
| Completed | 1931 - J.L. Thompson & Sons Ltd, North Sands, Sunderland | ||
| Owner | E.R. Management Co Ltd, Cardiff | ||
| Homeport | Cardiff | ||
| Date of attack | 11 Feb 1943 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-516 (Gerhard Wiebe) | ||
| Position | 34.22S, 24.54E - Grid KY 6267 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 46 (4 dead and 42 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Colombo - East London - UK | ||
| Cargo | 2772 tons of tea, 2000 tons of manganese ore, 1457 tons of rubber and 464 tons of general cargo | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 06.52 hours on 11 Feb, 1943, the unescorted Helmspey (Master Harry Jones) was torpedoed by U-516 and sunk at 07.12 hours by coup de grāce 11 miles south of Cape St.Francis, Cape Colony. Three crew members and one gunner were lost. The master, 32 crew members, seven gunners and two passengers (naval ratings) were picked up by the SAAF crash launch R-4 and landed at Port Elizabeth. | ||
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