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Built 1939
Tonnage: 4,573 / 9,000 tons
Cargo: Iron ore
Route: Rio de Janeiro - Freetown - UK
Sunk 02 NOV 43 by U–848 in position 05º 00’ S 21º 00’ W
62 Dead
0 Survivor
On 2 Nov 1943 the unescorted Baron Semple (Master Philip Jarvis Carnie) was torpedoed and sunk by U-848 northwest of Ascension Island. The master, 55 crew members and six gunners were lost.
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