Upwey Grange
Photo courtesy of the Allen Collection
| Name | Upwey Grange | ||
| Type: | Motor merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 9.130 tons | ||
| Completed | 1925 - Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Glasgow | ||
| Owner | Houlder Brothers & Co Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 8 Aug, 1940 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-37 (Victor Oehrn) | ||
| Position | 54.20N, 15.28W - Grid AM 7124 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 86 (36 dead and 50 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Buenos Aires - London | ||
| Cargo | 5380 tons of frozen meat and 51 cases of tinned meat | ||
| History | Completed in November 1925 | ||
| Notes on loss | At 13.14 hours on 8 Aug, 1940, the unescorted Upwey Grange (Master William Ernest Williams) was hit by one torpedo from U-37 and sank west of Ireland. The master, 32 crew members and three passengers were lost. 42 crew members and eight passengers (1 DBS) were picked up by the British trawler Naniwa, transferred to HMS Vanquisher (D 54) (LtCdr A.P. Northey, DSC) and landed at Liverpool. | ||
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