Alsacien
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| Name | Alsacien | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 3.819 tons | ||
| Completed | 1923 - Furness Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Haverton Hill, Middlesbrough | ||
| Owner | Société Anonyme de Gérance et D´Armement, Paris | ||
| Homeport | Dunkirk | ||
| Date of attack | 24 Jan, 1940 | Nationality:  French | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-44 (Ludwig Mathes) | ||
| Position | 39.01N, 09.54W - Grid CG 5552 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | ? men (4 dead and ? survivors). | ||
| Convoy | 56-KS | ||
| Route | Tunis - Rouen | ||
| Cargo | |||
| History | Built as Quernmore, 1937 renamed Alsacien
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| Notes on loss | At 11.40 hours on 24 Jan, 1940, the Alsacien in convoy 56-KS was hit in the foreship by one torpedo from U-44 and sank west of Lisbon. | ||
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