SHIPS HIT BRITAIN 239 * - J K L
5)KINGSTON HILL U-38
Sister ship Primrose Hill.Photo. https://www.shipsnostalgia.com/gallery/data/510/Primrose_Hill.jpg
Built 1940
Tonnage: 7,628 / 9,900 tons
Cargo: 8,300 tons of coal and 400 tons of general cargo
Route: Cardiff - Glasgow - Capetown - Alexandria
Sunk 08 JUN 41 by U-38 on pos 09º 35’N 29º 40’W
14 Dead
48 Survivors.
On 22 Feb 1941, the Kingston Hill (Master Walter Edwin Niven) in convoy OB-288 was damaged by bombs from a German aircraft in 59°44N/12°33W. The master was killed in the attack and the ship had to be towed to Loch Ewe by HMS Thames, arriving on 25 February. The ship was repaired at Glasgow and returned to service.
At 01.08 hours on 8 Jun, 1941, the unescorted Kingston Hill (Master William Edwin Niven) was torpedoed and sunk by U-38 southwest of the Cape Verde Islands. The master and 13 crew members were lost. 16 crew members were picked up by the British destroyer HMS Achates (H 12) (LtCdr Viscount Jocelyn) and landed at Greenock. 26 crew members and six gunners were picked up by the American tanker Alabama and landed at Capetown.
By Kingston Hill (British Steam merchant) - Ships hit by German U-boats during WWII - uboat.net
