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Alsacien

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NameAlsacien
Type:Steam merchant
Tonnage3.819 tons
Completed1923 - Furness Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Haverton Hill, Middlesbrough 
OwnerSociété Anonyme de Gérance et D´Armement, Paris 
HomeportDunkirk 
Date of attack24 Jan, 1940Nationality:      French
 
FateSunk by U-44 (Ludwig Mathes)
Position39.01N, 09.54W - Grid CG 5552
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Complement? men (4 dead and ? survivors).
Convoy56-KS 
RouteTunis - Rouen 
Cargo 
History Built as Quernmore, 1937 renamed Alsacien  
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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