Tewkesbury
Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Tewkesbury | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4,601 tons | ||
| Completed | 1927 - Craig, Taylor & Co Ltd, Stockton-on-Tees | ||
| Owner | Alexander Capper & Co Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 21 May 1941 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-69 (Jost Metzler) | ||
| Position | 05.49N, 24.09W - Grid ES 5554 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 42 (0 dead and 42 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Rosario - Montevideo - St.Vincent - Oban | ||
| Cargo | 3548 tons of general cargo, 2000 tons of wheat and 1928 tons of tinned meat | ||
| History | Built as Glocliffe, 1932 renamed Tewkesbury | ||
| Notes on loss | At 23.42 hours on 21 May 1941, U-69 fired a G7a torpedo and hit the bow of the unescorted Tewkesbury (Master Theodore Pryse OBE) southwest of Monrovia. The U-boat then opened fire with the deck gun but none of the 21 incendiary rounds ignited upon impact, so at 00.36 hours a coup de grāce was fired that sank the vessel. The master and 19 crew members were picked up by the American merchant Exhibitor, transferred to HMS Cilicia (F 54) (Capt V.B. Cardwell) and landed at Freetown. 22 crew members were picked up by Knoxville City and landed at Capetown. | ||
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