Ships hit by U-boats


Mildred Pauline

Canadian Sailing ship


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NameMildred Pauline
Type:Sailing ship
Tonnage300 tons
Completed1919 - Placentia, Newfoundland 
OwnerR.W. Sainthill & Co, North Sydney NS 
HomeportSydney 
Date of attack8 May 1942Nationality:      Canadian
 
FateSunk by U-136 (Heinrich Zimmermann)
PositionGrid CC 4254
Complement7 (7 dead - no survivors)
Convoy
RouteBarbados (23 Apr) - St. Johns 
Cargo 
History Built as Herbert Fearn, later renamed Jean F. McCrea and finally Mildred Pauline
Notes on loss

At 01.33 hours on 8 May, 1942, the Mildred Pauline was shelled and sunk by U-136 with 102 rounds from the deck gun off Nova Scotia. The vessel had been missed by a torpedo at 00.20 hours.

 
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