Windsorwood
Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Windsorwood | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5,395 tons | ||
| Completed | 1936 - R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Hebburn-on-Tyne | ||
| Owner | Constantine Shipping Co Ltd, Middlesbrough | ||
| Homeport | Middlesbrough | ||
| Date of attack | 25 Jun 1940 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-51 (Dietrich Knorr) | ||
| Position | 48.24N, 15.05W - Grid BE 3783 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 40 (0 dead and 40 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | OA-172 | ||
| Route | Tyne - Freetown | ||
| Cargo | 7100 tons of coal | ||
| History | Completed in June 1936 | ||
| Notes on loss | At 15.43 hours on 25 Jun, 1940, the Windsorwood (Master George Albert Norton) in convoy OA-172 was hit amidships by one stern torpedo from U-51 about 370 miles west-southwest of Lands End. The ship sank within three minutes after being hit by a coup de grāce at 16.19 hours. The master and 39 crew members was picked up by Ainderby and landed at Barry. | ||
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