Ships hit by U-boats

Crew lists from ships hit by U-boats

Cornwallis

Canadian steam merchant



Cornwallis under her former name Canadian Transporter. Photo courtesy of State Library of New South Wales

This is a listing of people associated with this ship.
We also have a detailed page on the Canadian steam merchant Cornwallis.

Aboard Cornwallis when hit on 3 Dec 1944

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NameAgeRankServed on
CanadianBarry, James W., Merchant Navy18Deck HandCornwallis +
CanadianBonnar, James Vincent, Merchant NavyCrew memberCornwallis
CanadianBrewer, Aldon Roderick, RCNVR19Able Seaman (DEMS gunner)Cornwallis +
CanadianCleveland, Lawrence Douglas, Merchant Navy25Second StewardCornwallis +
CanadianComeau, Joseph Gerald, Merchant Navy18Ordinary SeamanCornwallis +
CanadianCouves, Roy Littlewood, Merchant Navy26First MateCornwallis +
CanadianCyr, Thomas Simon, RCNVR20Able Seaman (DEMS gunner)Cornwallis +
CanadianDine, Philbert Harry, Merchant Navy45Chief Engineer OfficerCornwallis +
CanadianFowler, Stephen, Merchant Navy43Able SeamanCornwallis +
CanadianGaythwaite, William, Merchant Navy30OilerCornwallis +
CanadianHamilton, Oswald, Merchant Navy32Assistant CookCornwallis +
CanadianHodder, Jacob George, Merchant Navy21Mess Room StewardCornwallis +
CanadianHopfe, Kenneth Verdun, RCNVR18Able Seaman (DEMS gunner)Cornwallis +
CanadianJessop, George Bertrand, Merchant Navy18DonkeymanCornwallis +
CanadianJessop, Wayne, Merchant Navy19Fifth Engineer OfficerCornwallis +
CanadianKearney, Patrick James, Merchant Navy19Able SeamanCornwallis +
CanadianKenny, Norman Hagar, Merchant Navy19Able SeamanCornwallis +
CanadianLa Couvee, Eric Joseph Charles, Merchant Navy21Third OfficerCornwallis +
CanadianLe Blanc, Leandre, Merchant Navy28OilerCornwallis +
CanadianLyons, Francis Eugene Thomas, RCNVR18Able Seaman (DEMS gunner)Cornwallis +
CanadianMacDougall, James Bernard Edward, Merchant Navy24FiremanCornwallis +
CanadianMacDougall, Roy, Merchant Navy35Fourth Engineer OfficerCornwallis +
CanadianMacLellan, Wendell Gregory, Merchant Navy20Able SeamanCornwallis +
CanadianMaughan, Edward James, RCNVR32Leading Seaman (DEMS gunner)Cornwallis +
CanadianMay, Harold Benjamin Dennis, Merchant Navy17Third Radio OfficerCornwallis +
CanadianMcLaughlin, James, Merchant Navy43Third Engineer OfficerCornwallis +
CanadianMurray, John, Merchant Navy62CarpenterCornwallis +
CanadianOlsen, George Frederick, Merchant Navy17PantrymanCornwallis +
CanadianPantoff, Andrew Paul, Merchant Navy57Second Engineer OfficerCornwallis +
CanadianPerron, Marcel, Merchant Navy32Second OfficerCornwallis +
CanadianPerry, Chesley, Merchant Navy33OilerCornwallis +
CanadianPeterkin, James George Gordon, RCNVR20Able Seaman (DEMS gunner)Cornwallis +
CanadianQuilty, William J., Merchant Navy23FiremanCornwallis +
CanadianRobinson, Emerson Horace, Merchant Navy36MasterCornwallis +
CanadianRocque, Ormond, Merchant Navy27ChefCornwallis +
CanadianRoy, James Albert, Merchant Navy34Boatswain (Bosun)Cornwallis +
CanadianScott, Herbert Edward, Merchant Navy22OilerCornwallis +
CanadianSmith, Roger Galloway, Merchant Navy19Ordinary SeamanCornwallis +
CanadianStewart, David H., Merchant Navy46Second Engineer OfficerCornwallis +
CanadianSzuszwal, Nick, RCNVR19Able Seaman (DEMS gunner)Cornwallis +
CanadianWallace, John Wesley, Merchant Navy22Second Radio OfficerCornwallis +
CanadianWalsh, John Joseph, Merchant Navy24First Radio OfficerCornwallis +
CanadianWhalen, George, Merchant Navy21FiremanCornwallis +
CanadianWilliams, Joseph Latimer, Merchant Navy61Chief StewardCornwallis +

44 persons found - for all attacks on this ship (2).

Served on indicates the ships we have listed for the person, some were stationed on multiple ships hit by U-boats.

People missing from this listing? Or perhaps additional information?
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