Polycarp
Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Polycarp | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 3.577 tons | ||
| Completed | 1918 - Barclay, Curle & Co, Whiteinch, Glasgow | ||
| Owner | Booth Steamship Co Ltd (Booth Line), Liverpool | ||
| Homeport | Liverpool | ||
| Date of attack | 2 Jun, 1940 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-101 (Fritz Frauenheim) | ||
| Position | 49.19N, 05.35W - Grid BF 2495 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 43 (0 dead and 43 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Para, Brazil - Heysham - Liverpool | ||
| Cargo | 900 tons of cork, 500 tons of Brazil nuts, 80 tons of rubber and 50 tons of hides | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 03.05 hours on 2 Jun, 1940, the unescorted Polycarp (Master Alexander Allan) was hit by one torpedo from U-101 and sank 41 miles south of Lands End. The master and 42 crew members were picked up by the French merchant Espiguette and landed at Newlyn. | ||
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