Ainderby
Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Ainderby | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4.860 tons | ||
| Completed | 1925 - W. Gray & Co Ltd, West Hartlepool | ||
| Owner | Sir R. Ropner & Co Ltd, West Hartlepool | ||
| Homeport | West Hartlepool | ||
| Date of attack | 10 Jun, 1941 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-552 (Erich Topp) | ||
| Position | 55.30N, 12.10W - Grid AM 4386 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 41 (12 dead and 29 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Santos - Tyne | ||
| Cargo | 7700 tons of iron ore | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 10.55 hours on 10 Jun, 1941, the unescorted Ainderby (Master George Robert Cobb) was torpedoed and sunk by U-552 130 miles west by north of Bloody Foreland. Eleven crew members and one gunner were lost. The master, 27 crew members and one gunner were picked up by HMS Veteran (D 72) (Cdr W.E.J. Eames) and landed at Greenock. | ||
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