Canford Chine
Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Canford Chine | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 3,364 tons | ||
| Completed | 1917 - Richardson, Duck & Co Ltd, Stockton-on-Tees | ||
| Owner | Chine Shipping Co Ltd, Swansea | ||
| Homeport | Swansea | ||
| Date of attack | 10 Feb 1941 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-52 (Otto Salman) | ||
| Position | 55N, 15W - Grid AL 6269 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 35 (35 dead - no survivors) | ||
| Convoy | OG-52 (straggler) | ||
| Route | Cardiff - Buenos Aires - Uriburu | ||
| Cargo | Coal | ||
| History | Built as Bryntawe, 1936 renamed Canford Chine | ||
| Notes on loss | At 14.35 hours on 10 Feb, 1941, the Canford Chine (Master Neil MacDonald), a straggler from convoy OG-52 since 8 February, was torpedoed and sunk by U-52 south-southwest of Rockall. The master and 34 crew members were lost. | ||
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