Lucille M.
Canadian Motor fishing vessel
Name | Lucille M. | ||
Type: | Motor fishing vessel | ||
Tonnage | 54 tons | ||
Completed | 1918 - Meteghan, Nova Scotia | ||
Owner | Frederick Sutherland, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia | ||
Homeport | Yarmouth NS | ||
Date of attack | 25 Jul 1942 | Nationality: Canadian | |
Fate | Sunk by U-89 (Dietrich Lohmann) | ||
Position | 42° 02'N, 65° 38'W - Grid CB 1295 | ||
Complement | 11 (0 dead and 11 survivors). | ||
Convoy | |||
Route | Yarmouth - fishing grounds | ||
Cargo | |||
History | | ||
Notes on event | At 09.55 hours on 25 July 1942, U-89 sank the Lucille M. off Cable Sable with 20 incendiary amd 15 high-explosive rounds from the deck gun. The crew, four of them wounded, abandoned ship in a lifeboat and made landfall at Shelburne, Nova Scotia. |
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