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RE: UR 142 convoy?
Posted by:
Antonio Veiga
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Date: January 03, 2001 11:10PM
<HTML>Hi George
This is what I found
\"A few days later on 10th November, much further north and out into the Atlantic
, near Reykjanes on the southwest coast of Iceland, \"Northern Reward\" (a german built trawler converted into armed escort) was in 38 fathoms escorting a small convoy UR-142 from the United Kingdom to Reykjavik.
It was almost noon and there was an east-south-east gale blowing, with a rough sea, but good visibility.
U-300 was a type VII-C/41,under the command of Oberleutnant Fritz Hein.She had already completed one patrol and had been damaged by Catalina \"F\" of 162th Squadron RCAF in the northern transit area off Norway.She had been repaired and was now off the \"Grenadiers\" reef, graveyard of many fine ships, near Reykjanes on the approaches to Reykjavik.Convoy UR-142 was close by and under observation from the U-Boat.
Fritz Hein chose as his first target the 6,017 gross ton British tanker \"Shirvan\", loaded with 8,050 tons of gas-oil.She was bound for Hvalfjord and was under the command of Captain E.F. Patterden.The torpedo struck home and the tanker burst into flames inmediatly, but all the crew abandoned safely.The Icelandic cargo vessel \"Godafoss\" (Capt. Sigurdur Gislason) did not hesitate.She closed the stricken tanker and rescued nineteen of her crew, several of whom were badly burned.She set off at full speed for Reykjavik, but only an hour later she too was torpedoed by U-300 with heavy loss of life.Fourteen of her crew, ten passengers which included two children, and all nineteen survivors from \"Shirvan\" lost their lives.She was the second victim of U-300 that day and there was still one more ship to be sunk.
The Senior Officer of the escort to convoy UR-142 had requested the assistance of a tug from Reykjavik as he thought that there was a strong possibility that \"Shirvan\" could still be saved.
The 296 ton \"Empire Wold\" and her ten man crew were steaming at full speed when a torpedo from U-300 exploded against her and she disintegrated, leaving no
survivors.\"Northern Reward\" and the Royal Norwegian trawler \"Honningsvaag\" detected the U-Boat and attacked her with depth charges, but she escaped and survived a further three months before being caught after leaving Tangiers (Morocco) where she had sought refuge.She was allowed 72 hours under International Law to make herself seaworthy (not battleworthy) before having to leave.Her commander was not among those rescued.\"
Source: \"GRIMSBY´S FIGHTING FLEET\" by Harry C. Hutson
Hope be helpful
Best Regards
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This is what I found
\"A few days later on 10th November, much further north and out into the Atlantic
, near Reykjanes on the southwest coast of Iceland, \"Northern Reward\" (a german built trawler converted into armed escort) was in 38 fathoms escorting a small convoy UR-142 from the United Kingdom to Reykjavik.
It was almost noon and there was an east-south-east gale blowing, with a rough sea, but good visibility.
U-300 was a type VII-C/41,under the command of Oberleutnant Fritz Hein.She had already completed one patrol and had been damaged by Catalina \"F\" of 162th Squadron RCAF in the northern transit area off Norway.She had been repaired and was now off the \"Grenadiers\" reef, graveyard of many fine ships, near Reykjanes on the approaches to Reykjavik.Convoy UR-142 was close by and under observation from the U-Boat.
Fritz Hein chose as his first target the 6,017 gross ton British tanker \"Shirvan\", loaded with 8,050 tons of gas-oil.She was bound for Hvalfjord and was under the command of Captain E.F. Patterden.The torpedo struck home and the tanker burst into flames inmediatly, but all the crew abandoned safely.The Icelandic cargo vessel \"Godafoss\" (Capt. Sigurdur Gislason) did not hesitate.She closed the stricken tanker and rescued nineteen of her crew, several of whom were badly burned.She set off at full speed for Reykjavik, but only an hour later she too was torpedoed by U-300 with heavy loss of life.Fourteen of her crew, ten passengers which included two children, and all nineteen survivors from \"Shirvan\" lost their lives.She was the second victim of U-300 that day and there was still one more ship to be sunk.
The Senior Officer of the escort to convoy UR-142 had requested the assistance of a tug from Reykjavik as he thought that there was a strong possibility that \"Shirvan\" could still be saved.
The 296 ton \"Empire Wold\" and her ten man crew were steaming at full speed when a torpedo from U-300 exploded against her and she disintegrated, leaving no
survivors.\"Northern Reward\" and the Royal Norwegian trawler \"Honningsvaag\" detected the U-Boat and attacked her with depth charges, but she escaped and survived a further three months before being caught after leaving Tangiers (Morocco) where she had sought refuge.She was allowed 72 hours under International Law to make herself seaworthy (not battleworthy) before having to leave.Her commander was not among those rescued.\"
Source: \"GRIMSBY´S FIGHTING FLEET\" by Harry C. Hutson
Hope be helpful
Best Regards
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