Beacon Grange
Photo courtesy of Roger W. Jordan
| Name | Beacon Grange | ||
| Type: | Motor merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 10,119 tons | ||
| Completed | 1938 - R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Hebburn-on-Tyne | ||
| Owner | Houlder Brothers & Co Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 27 Apr 1941 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-552 (Erich Topp) | ||
| Position | 62.05N, 16.20W - Grid AL 3236 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 84 (2 dead and 82 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Tyne - Loch Ewe - Buenos Aires | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | Completed in May 1938 | ||
| Notes on loss | At 16.12 hours on 27 Apr, 1941, the unescorted Beacon Grange (Master Alfred Byford Friend) was torpedoed and sunk by U-552 south of Iceland. Two crew members were lost. The master, 73 crew members and eight gunners were picked up by the Belgian trawler Edouvard Anseele, transferred to HMS Gladiolus (K 34) (LtCdr H.M.C. Sanders, DSC, RNR) and landed at Londonderry. | ||
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