Athellaird
Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Athellaird | ||
| Type: | Motor tanker | ||
| Tonnage | 8.999 tons | ||
| Completed | 1930 - Cammell Laird & Co Ltd, Birkenhead | ||
| Owner | United Molasses Co Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | Liverpool | ||
| Date of attack | 2 Jul, 1940 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-29 (Otto Schuhart) | ||
| Position | 47.24N, 16.49W - Grid BE 5368 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 42 (0 dead and 42 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | OB-176 (straggler) | ||
| Route | Liverpool (29 Jun) - Cuba | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 23.52 hours on 2 Jul, 1940, the Athellaird (Master Hugh Roberts), a straggler from convoy OB-176, was hit by one torpedo from U-29 about 350 miles northwest of Cape Finisterre. At 02.10 hours on 3 July, three coups de grāce were fired of which two missed and the third sank the tanker. The master and 41 crew members were picked up by the British sloop HMS Sandwich (L 12) (Cdr H.J. Yeatman) and landed at Greenock. | ||
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