Lochkatrine
British Motor merchant
Photo from City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 447-2415.5
| Name | Lochkatrine | ||
| Type: | Motor merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 9,419 tons | ||
| Completed | 1922 - John Brown & Co Ltd, Clydebank | ||
| Owner | Royal Mail Lines Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 3 Aug 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-552 (Erich Topp) | ||
| Position | 45° 52'N, 46° 44'W - Grid BC 5778 | ||
| Complement | 90 (9 dead and 81 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | ON-115 | ||
| Route | Liverpool (23 Jul) - New York | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | Completed in January 1922 | ||
| Notes on event | At 03.05 hours on 3 Aug 1942, U-552 fired two torpedoes at convoy ON-115 east of Cape Race and observed a hit aft on a tanker and at the bow of a freighter, both vessels stopped. The G.S. Walden was damaged and the Lochkatrine was sunk. Eight crew members and one passenger from the Lochkatrine (Master Percy Cooper) were lost. The master, 55 crew members, eight gunners and 17 passengers were picked up by HMCS Hamilton (I 24) (LtCdr N.V. Clark, RCNR) and HMCS Agassiz (K 129) (A/LtCdr B.D.L. Johnson, RCNR) and landed at Halifax. | ||
| On board | We have details of 15 people who were on board. | ||
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