Allied Ships hit by U-boats


Empire Standard

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NameEmpire Standard
Type:Steam merchant
Tonnage7.047 tons
Completed1942 - Sir W.G. Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 
OwnerJoseph Robinson & Sons, North Shields 
HomeportLondon 
Date of attack9 Mar, 1943Nationality:      British
 
FateDamaged by U-596 (Gunter Jahn)
Position36.51N, 01.09E - Grid CH 8428
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Complement68 (0 dead and 68 survivors).
ConvoyKMS-10
RouteNewport - Algiers 
CargoMilitary stores 
History On 26 Mar, 1943, the Empire Standard was bombed by German aircraft at Algiers and sank. 
Notes on loss At 18.43 and 18.44 hours on 9 Mar, 1943, U-596 fired torpedoes at the convoy KMS-10 and observed one hit after 1 minute 59 seconds and then heard another detonation after 2 minutes 55 seconds, probably on a more distant ship. A third torpedo detonation and a boiler explosion were also heard.
In fact, the first torpedo damaged the Fort Norman and the third the Empire Standard


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