Casgliadau Arlein

Port broadside view of S.S. HARMONIC and tug, c.1936.

S.S. HARMONIC (4558 gt). Built 1930 by R.Thompson & Son, Sunderland for J & C Harrison (London) Ltd. 15 July 1943 U-172 stopped the HARMONIC 620 miles east of Rio de Janeiro. The submarine's captain waited until the ship's crew had abandoned the vessel before sinking her, then gave the crew a course to steer their lifeboats towards land. HARMONIC had been en route from Rosario and Buenos Aires to the UK with 7368 tons of linseed oil. One man was lost from a total of 41 crew and 6 gunners.