Riverton
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| Name | Riverton | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 7.345 tons | ||
| Completed | 1943 - Burntisland Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Burntisland | ||
| Owner | R. Chapman & Son, Newcastle-upon-Tyne | ||
| Homeport | Newcastle | ||
| Date of attack | 23 Apr, 1945 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Damaged by U-1023 (Heinrich-Andreas Schroeteler) | ||
| Position | 50.25N, 05.25W - Grid BF 2190 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 48 (3 dead and 45 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | TBC-135 | ||
| Route | Antwerp - Mumbles | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 15.35 hours on 23 Apr, 1945, U-1023 fired a spread of two LUT torpedoes at the convoy TBC-135 and heard one detonation and sinking noises. In fact, the Riverton was only damaged. | ||
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