Gasray
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| Name | Gasray | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 1.406 tons | ||
| Completed | 1919 - W. Harkess & Son Ltd, Middlesbrough | ||
| Owner | Comben Longstaff & Co Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 5 Apr, 1945 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-2321 (Hans-Heinrich Barschkis) | ||
| Position | Grid AN 5146 - See estimated map location (55.35N01.27W) * | ||
| Complement | 24 (8 dead and 16 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Grangemouth - Blyth | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | Launched as British War Char, completed September 1919 as Whitworth fot Robert Stanley Shipping Co, Newcastle; 1929 sold to Dalgliesh Steam Shipping Co, Newcastle; 1936 renamed Estonian Uhti for Peet Rass, Tallinn; 1939 renamed British Springfal for Springfal Shipping Co, London; 1940 renamed Gasray for Gas Light & Coke Co (Stephenson Clarke & Co), London; 1944 sold to Comben Longstaff & Co Ltd, London.
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| Notes on loss | At 18.59 hours on 5 Apr, 1945, the Gasray (Master R.E. Baker) was torpedoed and sunk by U-2321 two miles north of St.Abbs Head. The master, 11 crew members and four gunners were rescued, six by the St.Abbs Lifeboat and ten by the British coaster Clova and landed at St.Abbs. Six crew members and two gunners were lost. | ||
* Estimated position shown here is based on positions of losses in a roughly the same German grid code. It may be a bit off but should give a good idea as to where the attack took place.
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