Browning
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| Name | Browning | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5.332 tons | ||
| Completed | 1919 - A. McMillan & Son Ltd, Dumbarton | ||
| Owner | Lamport & Holt Ltd, Liverpool | ||
| Homeport | Liverpool | ||
| Date of attack | 12 Nov, 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-593 (Gerd Kelbling) | ||
| Position | 35.53N, 00.33W - Grid CH 8456 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 62 (1 dead and 61 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | KMS-2 | ||
| Route | Barrow - Arzew Bay - Oran | ||
| Cargo | US military stores, including TNT and a deck cargo of four bulldozers | ||
| History | Launched as War Marten, completed in September 1919 as Browning | ||
| Notes on loss | At 15.16 hours on 12 Nov, 1942, U-593 fired two spreads each of two torpedoes at the convoy KMS-2 off Oran and heard two detonations after 48 seconds and 1 minute 50 seconds. Sinking noises were subsequently heard. Kelbling claimed two ships of 7000 tons damaged. However, only the Browning (Master Thomas J. Sweeney) was hit and the burning vessel was abandoned by the crew. The ship later exploded and sank in 35°53N/00°33W. One crew member was lost. The master, 42 crew members, 16 gunners and two naval signalmen were picked up by HMS Fluellen (T 157) (Lt H.N. Rogers) and landed at Oran. | ||
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