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14)LLANDILO U-172

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Tonnage 4,966 / 8,640 tons

Cargo: 9,024 tons of US military stores

Route: New York - Trinidad - Durban - Saldanha Bay - Bombay

Sunk 2 NOV 42 by U-172 on pos. 27º 03”S 02º 59”W 

24 Dead

20 Survivors

At 21.43 hours on 2 Nov 1942 the unescorted Llandilo (Master William Redvers Baden Burgess) was torpedoed and sunk by U-172 southeast of St.Helena. The master, 20 crew members and three gunners were lost. The survivors in a leaking lifeboat were invited to take refuge on the deck of U-172 while the Germans repaired the boat and helped the men to bail it out. 17 crew members and three gunners were picked up by the Norwegian merchant Olaf Bergh and landed at Port of Spain, Trinidad. 

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

 

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