Normandy Coast
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| Name | Normandy Coast | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 1.428 tons | ||
| Completed | 1916 - Sir Raylton Dixon & Co Ltd, Middlesbrough | ||
| Owner | Coast Lines Ltd, Liverpool | ||
| Homeport | Liverpool | ||
| Date of attack | 11 Jan, 1945 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-1055 (Rudolf Meyer) | ||
| Position | 53.19N, 04.48W - Grid AM 9252 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 27 (19 dead and 8 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | London - Liverpool | ||
| Cargo | 266 tons of steel plates | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | Between 16.10 and 16.40 hours on 11 Jan, 1945, U-1055 attacked some ships from a just dispersed coastal convoy in the Irish Sea west of Anglesey and reported two ships sunk. A first torpedo exploded behind the Yugoslavian steam merchant Senga, while other torpedoes sank the Roanoke and Normandy Coast. The Normandy Coast (Master Fredrick Mara) sank within two minutes, taking 18 crew members and one gunner with her. The master, five crew members and two gunners were picked up by the British patrol ship HMS PC-74 and landed at Holyhead on 12 January. | ||
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