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Built 1937
Tonnage 5,299 / 9,130 tons
Cargo: Ballast
Route: Suez - Capetown (7 Nov) - Trinidad - New York
Sunk 01 DEC 42 by U-508 on pos. 09º40”N 59º15”W.
0 Dead
43 Survivors
At 00.06 hours on 1 Dec, 1942, the unescorted Trevalgan (Master Alfred Guy Williams) was torpedoed by U-508 southeast of Trinidad and sank after being hit by a coup de grâce at 00.50 hours. The master, 33 crew members and nine gunners were picked up by USS PC-572 and landed at Trinidad on 3 December.
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