Aelybryn
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| Name | Aelybryn | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4.986 tons | ||
| Completed | 1938 - Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd, Sunderland | ||
| Owner | Ambrose, Davies & Matthews Ltd, Swansea | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 11 Mar, 1943 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-160 (Georg Lassen) | ||
| Position | 29.08S, 34.05E - Grid KP 9178 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 41 (9 dead and 32 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Calcutta - Cochin - Durban - UK | ||
| Cargo | 7935 tons of general cargo | ||
| History | At 04.42 hours on 10 May 1941, U-556 (Wohlfarth) attacked the convoy OB-318 southeast of Cape Farewell in 59°23N/35°25W (grid AK 1470) and reported two ships with 10.000 tons sunk. The xB-Dienst assumed from a SOS message that one of the ships was the Dutch steam merchant Hercules, but in fact the torpedo missed the British steam merchant Chaucer. In fact, only the Aelybryn (Master Harold William Brockwell) was hit and damaged. The ship was towed to Reykjavik by the HMS Hollyhock (K 64) (LtCdr T.E. Davies OBE), arriving on 17 May. One crew member was killed. The master and 43 crew members were picked up by the British A/S trawler HMS Daneman (FY 123) (Lt A.H. Ballard). | ||
| Notes on loss | At 23.10 hours on 11 Mar, 1943, the unescorted Aelybryn (Master Harold William Brockwell) was torpedoed and sunk by U-160 east-northeast of Durban. The U-boat misidentified the vessel as the American steam merchant Arian. Nine crew members were lost. The master, 27 crew members and four gunners were picked up by the Portuguese merchant Lourenco Marques and landed at Capetown. | ||
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