Maid of Orleans
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| Name | Maid of Orleans | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 2.385 tons | ||
| Completed | 1918 - W. Denny & Bros Ltd, Dumbarton | ||
| Owner | Southern Railway, London | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 28 Jun, 1944 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-988 (Erich Dobberstein) | ||
| Position | 50.06N, 00.41W - Grid BF 3278 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 98 (5 dead and 93 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | FXP-18 | ||
| Route | Normandy - Portsmouth | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 21.30 hours on 28 Jun, 1944, the Maid of Orleans (Master Herbert L. Payne) in convoy FXP-18 was torpedoed and sunk by U-988 southeast of St.Catherine´s Point, Isle of Wight. The ship had brought troops to the Normandy beachheads and was on her return trip. Five crew members were lost. The master, 72 crew members, 18 gunners and two passengers (Observer Corps personnel) were picked up by the British frigate HMS Hotham (K 583) (LtCdr S. Ayles), British destroyer HMS Eglinton (LtCdr F.M. Graves) and British tug Empire Roger and landed at Portsmouth. | ||
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