Maron
Maron
| Name | Maron | ||
| Type: | Motor merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 6.487 tons | ||
| Completed | 1930 - Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Dundee | ||
| Owner | Alfred Holt & Co, Liverpool | ||
| Homeport | Liverpool | ||
| Date of attack | 13 Nov, 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-81 (Friedrich Guggenberger) | ||
| Position | 36.27N, 00.55W - Grid CH 7629 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 81 (0 dead and 81 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | Torch | ||
| Route | Algiers (12 Nov) - Gibraltar | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | On 7 Aug, 1940, the Maron was requsitioned by the Admiralty as ocean boarding vessel (OBV) HMS Maron. On 10 Jan, 1941, the OBV captured the Italian steam merchant Cantal (3178 tons). On 7 Apr, 1942, decommissioned and returned to owner. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 15.55 hours on 13 Nov, 1942, U-81 fired two torpedoes at a convoy of four freighters and five escorts returning from the Operation Torch northwest of Oran, Algeria. They heard two detonations after about three minutes and claimed one ship sunk and another damaged. The Maron (Master David Hey) was probably hit by both torpedoes and sank. The master, 67 crew members and 13 gunners were picked up by the HMS Marigold (K 87) (Lt J.A.S. Halcrew) and landed at Gibraltar. | ||
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