"THE HISTORY OF THE MERCHANT SHIP CALLED MANIPUR"
Name Manipur
Type: Steam merchant
Tonnage 8,652 tons
Completed 1920 - Lithgows Ltd, Port Glasgow
Owner T. & J. Brocklebank Ltd, Liverpool
Homeport Liverpool
Date of attack 17 Jul 1940 Nationality: British
Fate Sunk by U-57 (Erich Topp)
Position 58.41N, 05.14W - Grid AM 3662
Complement 79 (14 dead and 65 survivors).
Convoy HX-55A
Route Baltimore - Halifax - London
Cargo General cargo, including iron, steel, lumber, copper and zinc slabs
History Completed in September 1920
Notes on loss
At 22.22 hours on 17 Jul, 1940, the Manipur (Master Raymond Mallett) in convoy HX-55A was torpedoed and sunk by U-57 eight miles northwest of Cape Wrath. 14 crew members were lost. The master and 64 crew members were picked up by HMCS Skeena (D 59) (LtCdr J.C. Hibbard, RCN) and landed at Rosyth.
Source : Rajeshwor Yumnam
