North Gaspe
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| Name | North Gaspe | ||
| Type: | Motor merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 888 tons | ||
| Completed | 1938 - Davie Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd, Levis PQ | ||
| Owner | Clarke Steamship Co Ltd, Quebec PQ | ||
| Homeport | Quebec | ||
| Date of attack | 21 Jan, 1942 | Nationality:  Canadian | |
| Fate | Damaged by U-203 (Rolf Mützelburg) | ||
| Position | 46.33N, 53.04W - Grid BB 6628 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | ? men (? dead and ? survivors). | ||
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| Cargo | War material | ||
| History | 1962 sold to Orleans Shipping Co Ltd, Montreal, then the same year to Dingwall Shipping Co Ltd, Halifax and 1971 to North Star Shipping Ltd. 1972 sold to Ecuador and renamed Iguana for Maritima de Turismo. 1992 scrapped. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 18.43 hours on 21 Jan, 1942, U-203 fired a spread of four torpedoes at steamer of estimated 8000 tons, heard a detonation after 6 minutes 52 seconds and thought that the ship sank. Apparently, the North Gaspe, a Canadian ship under charter by the US Army Transport Service, was damaged by the explosion of a torpedo near the ship about ten miles south of Cape Rose, but managed to reach port safely and was repaired. On board was a US Army gun crew and a communication unit. | ||
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