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Built 1921
Tonnage 3,872 / 5,875 tons
Cargo Ballast
Route: Alexandria - Aden - Capetown - Bahia - Trinidad - Macoris, Cuba
Sunk 09 MAR 43 by U-510 on pos. 07º24’N 52º11’ W
28 Dead
32 survivors
At 03.06, 03.07 and 03.10 hours on 9 Mar, 1943, U-510 fired torpedoes at the convoy BT-6 about 200 miles northeast of Paramaribo, Dutch Guiana and reported four ships sunk. In fact, Kelvinbank was sunk and George G. Meade, Tabitha Brown and Joseph Rodman Drake were damaged.
27 crew members and one gunner from the Kelvinbank (Master Robert Charles Loraine) were lost. The master, 24 crew members and seven gunners were picked up by the George G. Meade and landed at Paramaribo.
By Kelvinbank (British Motor merchant) - Ships hit by German U-boats during WWII - uboat.net