British Ardour
Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | British Ardour | ||
| Type: | Steam tanker | ||
| Tonnage | 7.124 tons | ||
| Completed | 1928 - Palmers Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow and Hebburn-on-Tyne | ||
| Owner | British Tanker Co Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 5 Apr, 1943 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-706 (Alexander von Zitzewitz) | ||
| Position | 58.08N, 34.04W - Grid AK 2722 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 62 (0 dead and 62 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | HX-231 | ||
| Route | New York (25 Mar) - Greenock | ||
| Cargo | 10.000 tons of Admiralty fuel oil | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 16.45 hours on 5 Apr, 1943, U-706 fired a spread of two torpedoes at the convoy HX-231 west of Ireland and heard later loud sinking noises. The first torpedo damaged the British Ardour and the second missed the British steam merchant Tyndareus (11361 tons), which was the ship of the convoy commodore. The British Ardour (Master Thomas Copeman) was later scuttled by the British destroyer HMS Vidette (D 48) (LtCdr R. Hart) and the British corvette HMS Snowflake (K 211) (LtCdr Chesterman). The master, 53 crew members and eight gunners were picked up by the corvette and landed at Londonderry on 9 April. | ||
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