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4)AGAPENOR U-87
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Built: 1914
Tonnage. 7,392 / 9,497 tons
Cargo: 6500 tons of general cargo and 750 tons of copper
Route: Karachi - Capetown (29 Sep) - Freetown - UK
Sunk: 11 OCT 42 by U-87 in pos. 06º 53’ N 15º 23’W
7 Dead
88 Survivors
At 04.58 hours on 11 Oct, 1942, the unescorted Agapenor (Master Philip William Savery) was hit by two torpedoes from U-87 about 180 miles south of Freetown and sank after being hit aft by a coup de grâce at 05.19 hours. The U-boat had missed the ship with a first spread of two torpedoes at 02.50 hours.
Earlier the ship had picked up 36 survivors from the Glendene, which had been sunk by U-125 (Folkers) on 8 October. Seven crew members were lost. The master, 73 crew members, 14 gunners and all 36 survivors were picked up by HMS Petunia (K 79) (LtCdr J.M. Rayner) and landed at Freetown. On 15 October, they left Freetown for Glasgow on the British steam passenger ship Carnarvon Castle.
By Agapenor (British Steam merchant) - Ships hit by German U-boats during WWII - uboat.net
