FFL Sergent Gouarne (P 43)
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| Name | FFL Sergent Gouarne (P 43) | ||
| Type: | A/S trawler | ||
| Tonnage | 1,147 tons | ||
| Completed | 1928 - H.C. Stülcken & Sohn, Hamburg | ||
| Owner | Free French Navy | ||
| Homeport | La Rochelle | ||
| Date of attack | 26 Mar 1943 | Nationality:  French | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-755 (Walter Göing) | ||
| Position | 35.55N, 02.59W - Grid CH 7551 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 19 (5 dead and 14 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | from Casablanca | ||
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| History | Completed in May 1928 as steam trawler Sergent Gouarne for Pêcheriesde, La Pallice. 1935 renamed Jacques Cartier, but the same year changed back to Sergent Gouarne for Cie Générale de Grande Pêche, La Rochelle. During the war requisioned by the Free French Navy and converted to the armed trawler FFL Sergent Gouarne (P 43). | ||
| Notes on loss | At 02.07 hours on 26 Mar, 1943, U-755 fired a spread of three torpedoes at an unknown convoy north of Ceuta and observed a hit in the bow of FFL Sergent Gouarne (P 43), which broke in two and sank in 90 seconds. The U-boat attacked the same convoy with another spread of three torpedoes at 04.13 hours and reported a hit after 12 minutes, but this was probably a end-of-run detonation. | ||
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