Rutland
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| Name | Rutland | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 1,437 tons | ||
| Completed | 1935 - Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Dundee | ||
| Owner | James Currie & Co Ltd, Leith | ||
| Homeport | Leith | ||
| Date of attack | 31 Oct 1940 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-124 (Georg-Wilhelm Schulz) | ||
| Position | 57.14N, 16W - Grid AL 3662 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 24 (24 dead - no survivors) | ||
| Convoy | HX-82 (straggler) | ||
| Route | Port Antonio, Jamaica - Garston | ||
| Cargo | Bananas | ||
| History | Completed in December 1935 | ||
| Notes on loss | At 21.58 hours on 31 Oct, 1940, the Rutland (Master Robert N. Sinclair), a straggler from convoy HX-82, was hit in the bow by one torpedo from U-124 and sank in 30 seconds southwest of Rockall. The master and 23 crew members were lost. | ||
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