Akeld
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| Name | Akeld | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 643 tons | ||
| Completed | 1922 - Yarrow & Co Ld, Glasgow | ||
| Owner | Tyne Tees Steam Shipping Co Ltd, Newcastle-upon-Tyne | ||
| Homeport | Newcastle | ||
| Date of attack | 9 Mar 1940 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-14 (Herbert Wohlfarth) | ||
| Position | 51.44N, 03.22E - Grid AN 8733 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 12 (12 dead - no survivors) | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Rotterdam (9 Mar) - Newcastle | ||
| Cargo | General cargo | ||
| History | Built as Mayfield, renamed The Earl, renamed Akeld | ||
| Notes on loss | At 23.30 hours on 9 Mar, 1940, the Abbotsford was hit in the foreship by one G7e torpedo from U-14 north of Zeebrugge and caught fire. The Akeld was ahead of the vessel and apparently turned around to help the torpedoed ship, but at 23.45 hours was struck herself amidships by a G7a torpedo from the same U-boat and sank within seconds. At 23.55 hours, the first ship was sunk by a coup de grāce. The master and eleven crew members from the Akeld (Master David Lambert) were lost. | ||
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