Borthwick
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| Name | Borthwick | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 1.097 tons | ||
| Completed | 1920 - John Cran & Somerville, Leith | ||
| Owner | George Gibson & Co Ltd, Leith | ||
| Homeport | Leith | ||
| Date of attack | 9 Mar, 1940 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-14 (Herbert Wohlfarth) | ||
| Position | 51.44N, 03.22E - Grid AN 8757 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 21 (0 dead and 21 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Antwerp - Rotterdam - Leith | ||
| Cargo | 700 tons of general cargo | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 05.42 hours on 9 Mar, 1940, the unescorted Borthwick (Master G. Simpson) was torpedoed and sunk by U-14 north of Zeebrugge. The master and 20 crew members were picked up by the Flushing Pilot Boat No.9 and landed at Flushing on 10 March. | ||
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