Athelprince
Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Athelprince | ||
| Type: | Motor tanker | ||
| Tonnage | 8.782 tons | ||
| Completed | 1926 - Furness Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Haverton Hill, Middlesbrough | ||
| Owner | United Molasses Co Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | Liverpool | ||
| Date of attack | 11 Jun, 1940 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Damaged by U-46 (Engelbert Endrass) | ||
| Position | 43.42N, 13.20W - Grid BF 7716 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 59 (0 dead and 59 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | OG-33F (dispersed) | ||
| Route | London - Cienfuegos, Cuba | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | At 06.27 hours on 29 Mar, 1941, U-48 (Schultze) attacked the convoy HX-115 in grid AE 7844 and Schultze claimed a tanker sunk. The xB-Dienst reported a hit on the Athelprince, but the ship was in fact not hit.
In June 1942, the Athelprince picked up 23 survivors from the Hardwicke Grange, which had been sunk by U-129 (Witt) on 12 June north of Puerto Rico, and landed them at Nuevitas, Cuba. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 23.04 hours on 11 Jun, 1940, the Athelprince in a group of three detached ships from convoy OG-33F was hit aft by one G7a torpedo from U-46 west of Cape Finisterre. The tanker continued after the hit, but its back broke after being hit amidships by one G7e torpedo at 23.30 hours. Endrass did not wait for the ship to sink. The Athelprince was salvaged, repaired and returned to service in January 1941. | ||
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