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Port broadside view of S.S. GLENLEA, waterman's boat and tug, Penarth Head, c.1936.

GLENLEA (4252 gt). Built 1930 by J. Priestman & Co., Sunderland, and owned by John Morrison & Son, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Sunk 7 November 1942 by U-566 after losing Convoy ON-142 while en route from Cardiff to Durban with 5000 tons of coal, 1000 tons of generals and a deck cargo of trucks. Out of her crewlist of 49, the master was taken prisoner by the U-boat, four were rescued after 21 days in a lifeboat and forty four died. Complement: 49 (44 dead and 5 survivors). Convoy: ON-142 (straggler) Route: Cardiff - Belfast Lough (28 Oct) - Durban - Suez Cargo: 5000 tons of coal, 1000 tons of general cargo and trucks as deck cargo Notes on loss: At 14.36 hours on 7 November, 1942, the unescorted Glenlea (Master John Russell Nicol), a straggler from convoy ON-142, was torpedoed and sunk by U-566 north of the Azores. The master was taken prisoner by the U-boat, landed at Brest and taken to the POW camp Milag Nord. Three crewmen and one gunner were rescued after 21 days in a lifeboat by the Norwegian merchant Thorstrand and landed at New York. 39 crew members and five gunners were lost.