SS Canonesa

History
Name	SS Canonesa
Owner	Houlder Brothers & Co Ltd, London
Builder	Workman, Clark & Co Ltd, Belfast
Completed	November 1920
Fate	Sunk on 21 September 1940
General characteristics
Tonnage	8,286 GRT

SS Canonesa was a British cargo ship operated by the Houlder Line.

She was part of Convoy HX 72 in September 1940, carrying 7,265 tons of refrigerated and general cargo, including 2,258 tons of bacon, 955 tons of cheese, 379 tons of fish and 250 tons of ham, from Sydney to Liverpool. She was under the command of her master, Frederick Stephenson.

The convoy came under attack from a "wolfpack" while crossing the Atlantic, and at 23.10 hours on 21 September Canonesa was one of three ships torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-100 under Joachim Schepke. She sank about 340 miles west of Bloody Foreland with the loss of one crew member. The remaining 61 survivors were picked up by the Flower-class corvette HMS La Malouine.

References

• Helgason, Guðmundur. "SS Canonesa". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net.