Bonheur
Ship Number
547
Vessel Type
A Type Cargo Ship
Built
Belfast
Slip Number
7
Launch Date
June 17, 1920
Delivered
October 7, 1920
Owner
Shipping Controller - Lamport & Holt Ltd
Weight
5326 grt
BP Length
400 feet
Breadth
52 feet
No. of Screws
Single
Speed (approx)
11.5 knots
Propulsion
2 steam turbine engines 590 n.h.p
Official No.
143672
Registered
Liverpool
Fate
Torpedoed
 Bonheur

15th October 1940 Torpedoed and sunk by Uboat U138 , 38miles NW of Butt of Lewis, while on voyage Liverpool-Rosario with 5200 tons of general cargo.
 
The captain and all the crew rescued by HMS Sphere and landed at Belfast. Bonheur was in Convoy OB-228