SHIPS SUNK LADDEN WITH PLANES IN THEIR DECKS - PRECIOUS CARGO LOST
14)INCOMATI U-508
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Built 1934
Tonnage: 7,369 / 7,750 tons
Cargo: 7,000 tons of general cargo, including 3,600 tons of cocoa, 2,600 tons of stores, mail and 2 aircraft
Route: Takoradi - Walvis Bay - Durban - Middle East
Sunk 18/07/43 by U-508 on pos 03º 09’N 04º 15’E
1 Dead
222 Survivors
At 07.56 hours on 18 July 1943 the unescorted Incomati (Master Stephen Fox) was torpedoed and damaged by U-508 about 200 miles south of Lagos. At 08.18 hours, the U-boat began shelling the ship, setting her on fire and left the wreck in sinking condition. One crew member was lost. The master, 101 crew members, eight gunners and 112 passengers were picked up by HMS Boadicea (H 65) (LtCdr F.C. Brodrick, RN) and HMS Bridgewater (L 01) (Cdr N.W.H. Weekes, OBE, RN) and landed at Takoradi.
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