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 (CRDA), 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 | Completed in June 1939 | ||
| Notes on loss | At 01.52 hours on 22 Sep, 1940, the Frederick S. Fales (Master Frank Ramsay) in convoy HX-72 was hit on the port side aft by two torpedoes from U-100 and sank by the stern within 5 minutes about 340 miles west of Bloody Foreland. The master, nine crew members and one gunner were lost, most of them died when the sinking ship capsized to starboard and hit a lifeboat lying alongside. 32 crew members were picked up after about 12 hours by HMS La Malouine (K 46) (LtCdr R.W. Keymer, RN) and landed at Belfast on 25 September. | ||
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