Mona Marie
Canadian Sailing ship
Name | Mona Marie | ||
Type: | Sailing ship | ||
Tonnage | 126 tons | ||
Completed | 1920 - J. McGill Shipbuilding & Transportation Co Ltd, Shelburne NS | ||
Owner | Lemuel J. Ritcey, La Have NS | ||
Homeport | La Have | ||
Date of attack | 29 Jun 1942 | Nationality: Canadian | |
Fate | Sunk by U-126 (Ernst Bauer) | ||
Position | 12° 22'N, 60° 10'W - Grid EE 7413 | ||
Complement | 8 (0 dead and 8 survivors). | ||
Convoy | |||
Route | Bridgetown, Barbados - Trinidad | ||
Cargo | Empty oil drums | ||
History | On 9 May 1942, the Mona Marie picked up eight survivors from the Mont Louis, which had been sunk by U-162 (Wattenberg) the same day and landed them at Georgetown on 10 May. | ||
Notes on event | At 01.25 hours on 29 June 1942 the schooner Mona Marie was stopped by U-126 with machine-gun fire. She was shelled with all weapons after the crew abandoned ship, but did not sink and was left behind as floating wreck. |
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