Frederick S. Fales
Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Frederick S. Fales | ||
| Type: | Motor tanker | ||
| Tonnage | 10.525 tons | ||
| Completed | 1939 - Cantiere Riuniti dell´Adriatico, Monfalcone | ||
| Owner | Oriental Tankers Ltd (Standard Transp. Co Ltd), Hong Kong | ||
| Homeport | Hong Kong | ||
| Date of attack | 22 Sep, 1940 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-100 (Joachim Schepke) | ||
| Position | 55.30N, 13.40W - Grid AL 6553 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 43 (11 dead and 32 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | HX-72 | ||
| Route | Curaçao - Halifax - Clyde | ||
| Cargo | 13849 tons of Admiralty fuel oil | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 01.52 hours on 22 Sep, 1940, the Frederick S. Fales (Master Frank Ramsay) in convoy HX-72 was torpedoed and sunk by U-100 about 340 miles west of Bloody Foreland. The master, nine crew members and one gunner were lost. 32 crew members were picked up by HMS La Malouine (K 46) (LtCdr R.W. Keymer) and landed at Belfast. | ||
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