Alderpool
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| Name | Alderpool | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4.313 tons | ||
| Completed | 1930 - William Pickersgill & Sons Ltd, Sunderland | ||
| Owner | Sir R. Ropner & Co Ltd, West Hartlepool | ||
| Homeport | West Hartlepool | ||
| Date of attack | 3 Apr, 1941 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-73 (Helmut Rosenbaum) | ||
| Position | 58.21N, 27.59W - Grid AK 3672 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 39 (0 dead and 39 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | SC-26 (straggler) | ||
| Route | New York - Sydney - Hull | ||
| Cargo | 7200 tons of wheat | ||
| History | Built as Northwick, 1936 renamed Alderpool | ||
| Notes on loss | At 00.42 hours on 3 Apr, 1941, U-46 (Endrass) attacked the convoy SC-26 for a second time southwest of Reykjavik (grid AK 3659) and observed one hit on the Alderpool (Master Tom Valentine Frank OBE) in station #11. The ship was abandoned and was finished off by U-73 behind the convoy with a coup de grāce at 03.28 hours the same day. The master, 36 crew members and two gunners were picked up by the British merchant Thirlby and landed at Loch Ewe. | ||
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