Ships hit by U-boats


Baron Ogilvy


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NameBaron Ogilvy
Type:Steam merchant
Tonnage3,391 tons
Completed1926 - Ayrshire Dockyard Co Ltd, Irvine 
OwnerH. Hogarth & Sons Ltd, Glasgow 
HomeportArdrossan 
Date of attack29 Sep 1942Nationality:      British
 
FateSunk by U-125 (Ulrich Folkers)
Position02.30N, 14.30W - Grid ET 8994
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Complement41 (8 dead and 33 survivors).
Convoy
RouteRio de Janeiro (18 Sep) - Freetown - UK 
Cargo5150 tons of iron ore 
History Completed in August 1926 
Notes on loss

At 12.55 hours on 29 Sep, 1942, the unescorted Baron Ogilvy (Master John Steven) was hit by two torpedoes from U-125 and sank southwest of Cape Palmas, Liberia. The U-boat surfaced and questioned the survivors, who told them that the master and chief engineer were lost. The Germans did not believe this but soon left the three lifeboats and rafts without taking prisoners. Four crew members and four gunners were lost. The master, 28 crew members and four gunners were picked up by the Portuguese steam passenger ship Mouzinho and landed at Capetown.

 


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