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11)MYRMIDON U-506




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Built: 1930


Tonnage: 6,278 / 7,930 tons


Cargo: 4,000 tons of general cargo, including government stores and explosives 


Route: Glasgow - Freetown - Capetown - Bombay - Colombo 


Sunk 05 SEP 42 by U-506 on pos. 00° 45'N, 06° 27'W


0 Dead


245 Survivors


At 02.33 hours on 5 Sep 1942 the Myrmidon (Master Alexander Mann Caird) was torpedoed and sunk by U-506 southeast of Cape Palmas, while escorted by HMS Brilliant (H 84) (LtCdr A.G. Poe, RN) and the British boom defence vessel HMS Fernmoor (Z 208) (LtCdr C.J. Linder). The master, 105 crew members, ten gunners and 129 passengers were picked up by the destroyer and landed at Pointe Noire, French Congo.


By Myrmidon (British Motor merchant) - Ships hit by German U-boats during WWII - uboat.net


 

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