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Built 1929
Tonnage: 3,675 / 6,225 tons
Cargo : 4,630 tons of Coal and Coke
Route: Barry - Milford Haven - Pernambuco
Sunk 3 JAN 43 by U-507 on pos. 03.11S, 38.41W when heading for Recife.
7 dead
37 survivors
At 18.00 hours on 3 Jan, 1943, the unescorted Baron Dechmont (Master Donald MacCallum) was torpedoed and sunk by U-507 northwest of Cape San Roque, Brazil. Seven crew members were lost. The master was taken prisoner and later lost when the U-boat was sunk ten days later. 28 crew members and eight gunners landed at Fortaleza
By: Baron Dechmont (British Steam merchant) - Ships hit by German U-boats during WWII - uboat.net