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32)TREVALGAN U-508




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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. 


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


 

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