Trecarrell
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| Name | Trecarrell | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5.271 tons | ||
| Completed | 1919 - D. & W. Henderson & Co Ltd, Glasgow | ||
| Owner | The Hain Steamship Co Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | St. Ives | ||
| Date of attack | 4 Jun, 1941 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-101 (Ernst Mengersen) | ||
| Position | 47.10N, 31W - Grid BD 5682 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 47 (4 dead and 43 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | OB-327 (dispersed) | ||
| Route | Hull - Father Point, New Brunswick | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | Launched as War Lilac, completed as Trecarrell | ||
| Notes on loss | At 05.03 hours on 4 Jun, 1941, the Trecarrell (Master Gordon George Barrett), dispersed on 1 June from convoy OB-327 in 52°42N/22°18W, was hit in the stern by one G7e torpedo from U-101 west of Cape Race. The ship had been chased for about eleven hours and missed by a first G7e torpedo at 04.05 hours. Four crew members were lost. After the survivors abandoned ship in three lifeboats and one raft, a coup de grāce hit the stern of the ship at 05.24 hours. She developed a heavy list to port, but remained afloat so the U-boat opened fire with the deck gun at 05.55 hours. They scored a hit with the first shot, but one man of the gun crew was thrown overboard by the recoil so they were forced to cease fire. MtrOGfr Horst Jackl weared a life jacket but the search for him was futile. At 06.40 hours the U-boat dived to fire another coup de grāce, got to close and rammed the floating steamer, bending its bow to starboard. After so many unlucky events, the commander decided to left the sinking steamer behind. The master, 38 crew members and four gunners were picked up by the British steam merchant Cornerbrook and landed at Halifax. | ||
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