Blairangus
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| Name | Blairangus | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4,409 tons | ||
| Completed | 1930 - Craig, Taylor & Co Ltd, Stockton-on-Tees | ||
| Owner | George Nisbet & Co, Glasgow | ||
| Homeport | Glasgow | ||
| Date of attack | 21 Sep 1940 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-48 (Heinrich Bleichrodt) | ||
| Position | 55.18N, 22.21W - Grid AL 5436 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 34 (6 dead and 28 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | HX-72 | ||
| Route | Botwood, Newfoundland - Halifax - Methil | ||
| Cargo | 1825 fathoms of timber | ||
| History | Built as Portregis, 1934 renamed Blairangus | ||
| Notes on loss | At 06.14 hours on 21 Sep, 1940, the Blairangus (Master Hugh Mackinnon) in convoy HX-72 was torpedoed and sunk by U-48 south of Iceland. Six crew members were lost. The master and 27 crew members were picked up by the British merchant Pikepool and landed at St.Johns. | ||
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