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SHIPS HIT BRITAIN 239 * - J K L

5)KINGSTON HILL U-38




Sister ship Primrose Hill.Photo.  https://www.shipsnostalgia.com/gallery/data/510/Primrose_Hill.jpg


 


Built 1940


Tonnage: 7,628 / 9,900 tons


Cargo: 8,300 tons of coal and 400 tons of general cargo


Route: Cardiff - Glasgow - Capetown - Alexandria 


Sunk 08 JUN 41 by U-38 on pos 09º 35’N 29º 40’W


14 Dead


48 Survivors


At 01.08 hours on 8 Jun, 1941, the unescorted Kingston Hill (Master William Edwin Niven) was torpedoed and sunk by U-38 southwest of the Cape Verde Islands. The master and 13 crew members were lost. 16 crew members were picked up by the British destroyer HMS Achates (H 12) (LtCdr Viscount Jocelyn) and landed at Greenock. 26 crew members and six gunners were picked up by the American tanker Alabama and landed at Capetown. 


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


 

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