Ships hit by U-boats


Fort Anne

British Steam merchant


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NameFort Anne
Type:Steam merchant (North Sands)
Tonnage7,134 tons
Completed1942 - Burrard Dry Dock Co, North Vancouver 
OwnerLyle Shipping Co Ltd, Glasgow 
HomeportLondon 
Date of attack18 May 1943Nationality:      British
 
FateDamaged by U-414 (Walther Huth)
Position36° 35'N, 1° 01'E - Grid CH 8430
Complement54 (0 dead and 54 survivors).
ConvoyKMS-14
RouteTyne - Algiers 
CargoMilitary stores 
History

completed December 1942, with the Hull built by Vancouver Dry Dock Co, for US War Shipping Administration (WSA), lend-leased on bareboat charter to British Ministry of War Transport (MoWT).

1947 returned to US, transferred to US Maritime Commission and laid up in reserve 1958 broken up at Baltimore, Maryland. 

Notes on event

On 18 May 1943, U-414 attacked convoy KMS-14 (combined with UGS-8), damaged the Fort Anne and sank the Empire Eve.

 
On boardWe have details of 2 people who were on board


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