Lassell
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| Name | Lassell | ||
| Type: | Motor merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 7.417 tons | ||
| Completed | 1922 - A. McMillan & Son Ltd, Dumbarton | ||
| Owner | Lamport & Holt Ltd, Liverpool | ||
| Homeport | Liverpool | ||
| Date of attack | 30 Apr, 1941 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-107 (Günter Hessler) | ||
| Position | 12.55N, 28.56W - Grid EH 9315 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 68 (17 dead and 51 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | OB-309 (dispersed) | ||
| Route | Liverpool - Rio de Janeiro - Buenos Aires | ||
| Cargo | 7000 tons of general cargo | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 21.55 hours on 30 Apr, 1941, the Lassell (Master Alfred Ryder Bibby) was hit by one torpedo from U-107 and sank about 300 miles southwest of the Cape Verde Islands. The ship had been in convoy OB-309, which was dispersed on 19 April in 50°00N/23°50W. 17 crew members were lost. The master, second officer, 22 crew members and one passenger were picked up on 9 May by the Benvrackie, which was herself sunk four days later by U-105 (Schewe). 15 survivors from Lassell were lost. The master, nine others and the survivors of Benvrackie were rescued after 13 days in lifeboats by the British hospital ship HMHS Oxfordshire and landed at Freetown. The chief officer, W.H. Underhill, four officers, 13 crew members and eight gunners were picked up on 10 May in 10°57N/29°13W by the British merchant Egba and landed at Freetown five days later. | ||
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