Name Bradfyne
Type: Steam merchant
Tonnage 4,740 tons
Completed 1928 - W. Gray & Co Ltd, West Hartlepool
Owner Sir William Reardon Smith & Sons Ltd, Cardiff
Homeport Bideford
Date of attack 23 Nov 1940 Nationality: British
Fate Sunk by U-100 (Joachim Schepke)
Position 55° 04'N, 12° 15'W - Grid AM 4566
Complement 43 (39 dead and 4 survivors).
Convoy SC-11
Route Montreal - Sydney (9 Nov) - Belfast
Cargo 7900 tons of grain
History Completed in March 1928
Notes on event
At 01.17 hours on 23 November 1940 the Bradfyne (Master Rupert Greville Vanner) in convoy SC-11 was hit amidships by one torpedo from U-100 and sank southeast of Rockall. The master, 37 crew members and one gunner were lost. Four crew members in a lifeboat were picked up two days later by the Norse King and landed at Belfast.
Source: uboat.net