Heminge
| Name | Heminge | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 2.499 tons | ||
| Completed | 1919 - W. Gray & Co, West Hartlepool | ||
| Owner | Halford Constants Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | Newcastle | ||
| Date of attack | 30 Sep, 1940 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-37 (Victor Oehrn) | ||
| Position | 53.26N, 18.33W - Grid AL 9267 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 26 (1 dead and 25 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | OB-220 (straggler) | ||
| Route | Tyne - Tenerife | ||
| Cargo | 3300 tons of coal | ||
| History | Completed April 1919 as War Currant for Shipping Controller, managed by J. Hopper; 1919 renamed Leicester for Anglo-European Steamship, Coal & Pitwood Co, Hull; 1929 renamed Rudchester for Chesters Steam Shipping Co, Newcastle; 1934 renamed Heminge for Halford Constants Ltd, London. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 21.56 hours on 30 Sep, 1940, the Heminge (Master Trevor Thomas), a straggler from convoy OB-220, was torpedoed and sunk by U-37 west of Ireland. One crew member was lost. The master, 23 crew members and one gunner were picked up by the British merchant Clan Cumming and landed at Liverpool. | ||
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