Ships hit by U-boats


HMS Veteran (D 72)

British Destroyer



Photo courtesy of Mark Teadham

NameHMS Veteran (D 72)
Type:Destroyer (Admiralty V&W)
Tonnage1,120 tons
Completed1919 - John Brown & Co Ltd, Clydebank 
OwnerThe Admiralty 
Homeport 
Date of attack26 Sep 1942Nationality:      British
 
FateSunk by U-404 (Otto von Bülow)
Position54.34N, 25.44W - Grid AL 5472
Complement237 officers and men (237 dead - no survivors)
ConvoyRB-1
RouteSt. Johns (21 Sep) - Liverpool 
Cargo 
History Completed in November 1919 
Notes on loss

At 10.36 hours on 26 Sep, 1942, U-404 fired a spread of three torpedoes at a destroyer near convoy RB-1 and heard two detonations on the vessel and a third later and thought that they had hit another ship in the convoy. However, HMS Veteran (D 72) (LtCdr T.H. Garwood, RN) was apparently hit by two torpedoes and sank immediately. The commander, eight officers and 150 ratings were lost. The destroyer had picked up 78 survivors from Boston and New York.

 
CrewlistsWe have listing of 221 people who were on this vessel 

Location of attack on HMS Veteran (D 72).

ship sunk.


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U-Boat Attack Logs

Daniel Morgan and Bruce Taylor

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