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Marwick Head

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NameMarwick Head
Type:Steam merchant
Tonnage496 tons
Completed1920 - Day, Summers & Co, Southampton 
OwnerA.F. Henry & McGregor Ltd, Edinburgh 
HomeportEdinburgh 
Date of attack12 Dec, 1939Nationality:      British
 
FateSunk by U-59 (Harald Jürst)
PositionGrid AN 7635 - See estimated map location (52.05N01.41E) *
Complement10 (5 dead and 5 survivors).
Convoy 
RouteBo´ness - London 
CargoCoal 
History Built as Allanwater, later renamed Marwick Head  
Notes on loss At 08.15 hours on 12 Dec, 1939, the Marwick Head (Master J.J. Thain) struck a mine, laid on 5 December by U-59 and sank 0.5 miles south of North Caister Buoy. Five crew members were lost. The master and four crew members landed at Great Yarmouth. 

* Estimated position shown here is based on positions of losses in a roughly the same German grid code. It may be a bit off but should give a good idea as to where the attack took place.


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