HMS Jura (T 169)
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| Name | HMS Jura (T 169) | ||
| Type: | M/S trawler (Isles) | ||
| Tonnage | 545 tons | ||
| Completed | 1942 - Ardrossan Dockyard & Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Ardrossan | ||
| Owner | The Admiralty | ||
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| Date of attack | 7 Jan, 1943 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-371 (Waldemar Mehl) | ||
| Position | 36.58N, 03.48E - Grid CH 9467 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | ? men (17 dead and ? survivors). | ||
| Convoy | MKS-5 | ||
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| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 12.04 hours on 7 Jan, 1943, HMS Jura (T 169) (Lt E. Havercroft, RNR), escorting the convoy MKS-5, was torpedoed and sunk by U-371 about 35 miles east-northeast of Algiers, Algeria. The commander, two officers and 14 ratings were lost. | ||
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