Crew list of Ships hit by U-boats
Thomas Toby
Merchant Navy (992303). British
Born | 27 Feb 1901 | Freetown, Sierra Leone |
Roster information listed for Thomas Toby
Ship | Type | Rank / role | Attacked on | Boat | |
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Sithonia | Steam merchant | Fireman | 13 Jul 1942 | U-201 |
Personal information
Husband of Kyadi Toby, of Freetown. He was one of the survivors from Sithonia who were in the lifeboat in charge of the master and made landfall after 19 days at Cape Timiris. They were interned by the Vichy French authorities at Sébikotane near Dakar and eventually repatriated to the UK in January 1943.