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Treworlas

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NameTreworlas
Type:Steam merchant
Tonnage4.692 tons
Completed1922 - J. Readhead & Sons Ltd, South Shields 
OwnerThe Hain Steamship Co Ltd, London 
HomeportSt. Ives 
Date of attack28 Dec, 1942Nationality:      British
 
FateSunk by U-124 (Johann Mohr)
Position10.52N, 60.45W - Grid ED 9964
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Complement47 (38 dead and 9 survivors).
Convoy 
RouteMassowah, Eritrea - Capetown (30 Nov) - Baltimore 
Cargo3000 tons of manganese ore 
History  
Notes on loss

At 09.46 hours on 28 Dec, 1942, the unescorted Treworlas (Master Thomas Harold Stanbury) was hit by a stern torpedo from U-124 and sank within one minute about 50 miles east of Port of Spain, Trinidad. The Germans then tried to question a survivor on a raft, but he jumped into the water when he saw the U-boat approaching, so they left the area. The master, 32 crew members and five gunners were lost. Seven crew members and two gunners were picked up by USS PC-609 and landed at Trinidad on 1 Jan, 1943.

 


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