Ships hit by U-boats


Betty

British Steam merchant



Betty under her former name Lake Agomak

NameBetty
Type:Steam merchant
Tonnage2,339 tons
Completed1918 - Superior Ship Building Co, Superior WI 
OwnerBowater´s Newfoundland Pulp & Paper Mills Ltd, Corner Brook 
HomeportLondon 
Date of attack14 Aug 1940Nationality:      British
 
FateSunk by U-59 (Joachim Matz)
Position55° 52'N, 8° 14'W - Grid AM 5462
Complement34 (30 dead and 4 survivors).
Convoy
RouteSaigon, Indo-China - Liverpool 
Cargo2726 tons of rice 
History Built as American Lake Agomak for US Shipping Board, Washington DC. 1924 renamed Betty Weems for Baltimore & Carolina SS Co, Baltimore MD. 1930 transferred to A.H. Bull SS Co, Baltimore MD and 1931 renamed Betty. 1937 sold to China Merchants Steam Navigation Co, Shanghai and 1938 transferred to William Hunt & Co, Hong Kong. 1940 taken over by the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). 
Notes on event

At 22.34 hours on 14 Aug 1940 the unescorted Betty (Master Thomas H. Sessions) was torpedoed and sunk by U-59 35 miles 260° from Tory Island. The master and 29 crew members were lost. Four crew members were picked up by the HMS Man o´ War (FY 104) (Lt A.D. White) and landed at Belfast.

 
On boardWe have details of 34 people who were on board


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