Ellaroy
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| Name | Ellaroy | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 712 tons | ||
| Completed | 1905 - J. Shearer & Sons Ltd, Glasgow | ||
| Owner | B.J. Morgan & Co, Cardiff | ||
| Homeport | Glasgow | ||
| Date of attack | 21 Jul, 1940 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-30 (Fritz-Julius Lemp) | ||
| Position | 42.30N, 12.36W - Grid CG 1316 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 16 (0 dead and 16 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Lisbon - Newport, Mon | ||
| Cargo | 800 tons of pitwood | ||
| History | Built as British Sagenite, 1940 renamed Ellaroy | ||
| Notes on loss | At 22.39 hours on 21 Jul, 1940, the unescorted Ellaroy (Master Thomas Grafton Smith) was torpedoed and sunk by gunfire by U-30 about 180 miles west of Cape Finisterre. The master and 15 crew members landed at Vigo, Spain. | ||
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