Lorient
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| Name | Lorient | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4,737 tons | ||
| Completed | 1921 - Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Willington Quay-on-Tyne | ||
| Owner | Evan Thomas Radcliffe & Co, Cardiff | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 4 May 1943 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-125 (Ulrich Folkers) | ||
| Position | 54.04N, 44.18W - Grid AJ 6298 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 40 (40 dead - no survivors) | ||
| Convoy | ONS-5 (straggler) | ||
| Route | London - New York | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | Built as French Lorient for Compagnie Delmas Vieljeux, Paris. 1940 she was taken over by Britain and transferred to the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). | ||
| Notes on loss | On 4 May 1943, the Lorient (Master Walter John Manley), a straggler from convoy ONS-5, was torpedoed and sunk by U-125 south of Cape Farewell. The master and 39 crew members were lost. | ||
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