Rosewood
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| Name | Rosewood | ||
| Type: | Motor tanker | ||
| Tonnage | 5.989 tons | ||
| Completed | 1931 - Sir W.G. Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd, Newcastle-upon-Tyne | ||
| Owner | John I. Jacobs & Co Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 9 Mar, 1943 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-409 (Hanns-Ferdinand Massmann) | ||
| Position | 58.37N, 22.32W - Grid AL 1668 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 42 (42 dead - no survivors) | ||
| Convoy | SC-121 | ||
| Route | New York - Clyde | ||
| Cargo | Fuel oil | ||
| History | Built as Stegg, 1934 renamed Rosewood | ||
| Notes on loss | At 22.41 hours on 9 Mar, 1943, U-409 fired torpedoes at the convoy SC-121 south of Iceland and observed a hit on a tanker and assumed a hit on a second ship after a second detonation was heard but not observed. However, only the Rosewood (Master Robert Taylor) was hit, caught fire and broke in two. Both sections were scuttled by gunfire by the US Coast Guard cutter USS Bibb (WPG 31) on 11 March in 58°30N/20°31W. The master, 32 crew members and nine gunners were lost. | ||
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