SHIPS HIT BRITAIN 240 * - A B C
34)BRITISH PREMIER U-65
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Built 1922
Tonnage: 5,872 / 9,132 tons
Cargo 8,000 tons of crude oil
Route. Abadan - Freetown - Swansea
Sunk 24 DEC 40 by U-65 in position 06º 20’ N 13º 20’ W
32 Dead
13 Survivors
At 16.41 hours on 24 Dec 1940 the British Premier (Master Francis Dalziel), a straggler from convoy SLS-60, was hit by two G7a torpedoes from U-65 and sank 200 miles southwest of Freetown. The master, 30 crew members and one gunner were lost. Nine crew members were picked up on 3 Jan 1941, by HMS Hawkins (I 86) (Capt H.P.K. Oram, RN) and landed at Freetown. On 3 Feb 1941, four surviors were picked up after 41 days in an open boat (25 days without food) by HMS Faulknor (H 62) (Capt A.F. de Salis, RN) off the west coast of Africa and landed at Freetown
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