Jonathan Holt
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| Name | Jonathan Holt | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4.973 tons | ||
| Completed | 1938 - Cammell Laird & Co Ltd, Birkenhead | ||
| Owner | John Holt & Co (Liverpool) Ltd, Liverpool | ||
| Homeport | Liverpool | ||
| Date of attack | 24 Feb, 1941 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-97 (Udo Heilmann) | ||
| Position | 61.10N, 11.55W - Grid AE 8985 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 57 (51 dead and 6 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | OB-289 | ||
| Route | Liverpool - West Africa | ||
| Cargo | General cargo | ||
| History | Completed in September 1938 | ||
| Notes on loss | At 02.12 hours on 24 Feb, 1941, U-97 fired two torpedoes at the convoy OB-289 southwest of the Faroe Islands and reported one ship sunk, but in fact the Mansepool and Jonathan Holt were hit and sunk. The master, 38 crew members, two gunners and ten passengers from the Jonathan Holt (Master William Stephenson) were lost. Two crew members and one passenger were picked up by HMS Petunia (K 79) (LtCdr G.V. Legassisk, RNR) and landed at Stornoway. Two crew members and one passenger were picked up by the British rescue ship Copeland (Master W.J. Hartley, DSC) and landed at Greenock. | ||
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