The Oregon Express (Master Ragnar M. Walsig) had been first in position #84 but later moved to position #103 which was the outermost starboard column of the convoy. First the ship in front of her was torpedoed, then a ship in the next column and finally a torpedo struck her on the starboard side in the engine room. The explosion killed one man on the bridge and two on watch below and blew some others overboard. The survivors among the 41 crew members and four gunners on board tried to abandon ship in the only two lifeboats that remained intact, but one became filled with water and the other contained only a few men. The most survivors had to jump overboard when the ship broke in two and sank within three minutes. Both lifeboats fished others out of the water until 25 men were in the boats, while eleven rescued themselves on a raft that had floated free, including the injured master.
Until 06.00 hours, the British steam merchant Kingman (Master Fredrik Matzen) had picked up 36 survivors and the Norwegian steam merchant Romulus another one, as well as 22 survivors from the Fort Jemseg. In all seven crew members and one gunner were lost. Twelve of the survivors on board the Kingman were injured, some of them badly, but no doctor could be transferred to the ship even as she caught up with the convoy in the morning of 23 September due to the danger of an U-boat attack. Finally at noon on 26 September, the HMS Richmond (G 88) came alongside to transfer a doctor who left the next day after taking care of the wounded. On 29 September, the Kingman arrived at Halifax and the injured were taken to Camp Hill Hospital in ambulances.