Norman Prince
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| Name | Norman Prince | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 1.913 tons | ||
| Completed | 1940 - Smith´s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank, Middlesbrough | ||
| Owner | Furness, Withy & Co Ltd, Liverpool | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 29 May, 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-156 (Werner Hartenstein) | ||
| Position | 14.40N, 62.15W - Grid ED 6483 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 49 (16 dead and 33 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Liverpool - Barranquilla, Colombia (24 May) - St.Lucia | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | Prince Line Ltd | ||
| Notes on loss | At 01.03 hours on 29 May, 1942, the unescorted Norman Prince (Master William Richard Harries) was torpedoed by U-156 about 60 miles west of St.Lucia and sunk by a coup de grâce at 01.37 hours. 14 crew members and two gunners were lost. The master, 24 crew members and seven gunners were picked up by the French merchant Angouleme, landed at Martinique and were interned by the Vichy French authorities. The radio officer Hubert John Tanner was rescued after two and a half days by the US Coast Guard cutter USS Unalga (WPG 53). | ||
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