Sir Huon
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| Name | Sir Huon | ||
| Type: | Motor merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 6.049 tons | ||
| Completed | 1928 - Nakskov Skibsværft A/S, Nakskov | ||
| Owner | US Lines Inc, New York | ||
| Homeport | Panama | ||
| Date of attack | 30 Aug, 1942 | Nationality:  Panaman | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-66 (Friedrich Markworth) | ||
| Position | 10.52N, 54.00W - Grid EE 9847 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 46 (0 dead and 46 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Suez - Port Elizabeth, South Africa - Port of Spain, Trinidad - Baltimore | ||
| Cargo | 5000 tons of manganese and chrome ore, 1004 tons of sisal, 1623 tons of general cargo, including wool, asbestos and captured damaged Italian and German tanks on deck | ||
| History | Built as Danish Columbia for A/S D/S Orient, Copenhagen. On 17 Jul, 1941, the Columbia was taken over by the US in Baltimore under Public Law 101. The ship was turned over to the US War Shipping Administration (WSA), renamed Sir Huon, registered in Panama and assigned to the US Lines Inc under GAA agreement. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 09.26 hours on 30 Aug, 1942, the unescorted Sir Huon (Master Azel H.B. Broner) was hit on the port side at #2 hatch by two torpedoes from U-66 and sank by the bow with a list to port at 09.51 hours after the 37 crew members and nine armed guards abandoned ship in two lifeboats. The men in one of the boats were questioned by the Germans before the U-boat left the area. The 23 survivors in the first boat were picked up on 4 September by the Tambour and landed two days later at Paramaribo, Dutch Guinea. The remaining survivors in the second boat were picked up on 3 September by the Argentine steam tanker 13 de Diciembre and landed four days later at Curaçao. | ||
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