Ships hit by U-boats


Zurichmoor

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NameZurichmoor
Type:Steam merchant
Tonnage4,455 tons
Completed1925 - J. Readhead & Sons Ltd, South Shields 
OwnerWalter Runciman & Co Ltd, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 
HomeportLondon 
Date of attack23 May 1942Nationality:      British
 
FateSunk by U-432 (Heinz-Otto Schultze)
Position39.30N, 66.00W - Grid CB 1928
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Complement45 (45 dead - no survivors)
Convoy
RouteHalifax (21 May) - St.Thomas, Virgin Islands 
CargoBallast 
History  
Notes on loss

At 00.24 hours on 23 May, 1942, the unescorted Zurichmoor (Master James Henry Anderson) was torpedoed and sunk by U-432 east of Philadelphia. The master and 38 crew members and six gunners were lost.

 


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