Chinese Prince
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| Name | Chinese Prince | ||
| Type: | Motor merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 8.593 tons | ||
| Completed | 1926 - Deutsche Werft AG, Betrieb Finkenwärder, Hamburg | ||
| Owner | Furness, Withy & Co Ltd, Liverpool | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 12 Jun, 1941 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-552 (Erich Topp) | ||
| Position | 56.12N, 14.18W - Grid AM 4243 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 64 (45 dead and 19 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Port Said - Capetown - Liverpool | ||
| Cargo | 9167 tons of general cargo, including potash, currants and magnesite | ||
| History | Prince Line Ltd | ||
| Notes on loss | At 04.14 hours on 12 Jun, 1941, the unescorted Chinese Prince (Master Wilma Finch) was torpedoed and sunk by U-552 south of Rockall. 45 crew members were lost. The master, 15 crew members and three gunners were picked up by the British corvettes HMS Arbutus (K 86) (Lt A.L.W. Warren) and HMS Pimpernel (K 71) (Lt F.H. Thornton) and landed at Londonderry. | ||
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