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12)HELMSPEY U-516*



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Photo. City of Vancouver Archives CVA 447-2228


 


Built: 1931


Tonnage: 4,764 / 8410 tons


Route: Colombo – East London – UK


Cargo: 2772 tons of tea, 2000 tons of manganese ore, 1457 tons of rubber and 464 tons of general cargo 


Sunk 11 FEB 43 by U-516 on pos. 34° 22'S, 24° 54'E 


5 Dead


41 Survivors


At 06.52 hours on 11 February 1943 the unescorted Helmspey (Master Harry Jones) was torpedoed by U-516 and sunk at 07.12 hours by coup de grâce 11 miles south of Cape St. Francis, Cape Colony. Four crew members were lost. The master, 31 crew members, eight gunners and two passengers (naval ratings) were picked up by the SAAF crash launch R-4 and landed at Port Elizabeth, where one crew member died of injuries in a hospital.


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


 

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