Bill
Norwegian Steam merchant
Name | Bill | ||
Type: | Steam merchant | ||
Tonnage | 2,445 tons | ||
Completed | 1939 - A/S Moss Værft & Dokk, Moss | ||
Owner | L. Gill-Johannessen, Oslo | ||
Homeport | Oslo | ||
Date of attack | 29 Jul 1942 | Nationality: Norwegian | |
Fate | Sunk by U-155 (Adolf Cornelius Piening) | ||
Position | 11° 58'N, 55° 02'W - Grid EE 8626 | ||
Complement | 24 (1 dead and 23 survivors). | ||
Convoy | |||
Route | Bahia, Brazil (17 Jul) - Ceara (22 Jul) - Trinidad - New York | ||
Cargo | General cargo, including cocoa and 500 tons of manganese ore | ||
History | Completed in January 1939 On 10 June 1942 the Bill picked up 31 survivors from L.A. Christensen, which had been sunk by U-129 earlier that day. They were landed on Bermuda two days later. | ||
Notes on event | At 20.00 hours on 29 July 1942 the unescorted Bill (Master Christian Hartvig Evensen) was hit on the port side amidships in #3 hold by one torpedo from U-155 and sank after eight minutes about 170 miles southeast of Barbados. The Brazilian mess boy was killed. The master was taken prisoner by the U-boat, which then left the area after the survivors in three lifeboats had been given the course for Barbados. He was later taken to a hospital in Rennes where he died of heart trouble on 27 November 1942. The three lifeboats were later separated, but all occupants survived: Seven survivors were picked up by the American steam merchant West Durfee on 1 August, eight others made landfall at Grenada on 3 August and the remaining men landed on St. Vincent. | ||
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On board | We have details of 24 people who were on board. |
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