Alsacien
French Steam merchant
Photo courtesy of Mike Ridgard
| Name | Alsacien | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 3,819 tons | ||
| Completed | 1923 - Furness Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Haverton Hill, Middlesbrough | ||
| Owner | Société Anonyme de Gérance et d´Armement, Paris | ||
| Homeport | Dunkirk | ||
| Date of attack | 24 Jan 1940 | Nationality:  French | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-44 (Ludwig Mathes) | ||
| Position | 39° 01'N, 9° 54'W - Grid CG 5552 | ||
| Complement | ? men (4 dead and ? survivors). | ||
| Convoy | 56-KS | ||
| Route | Sfax, Tunisia - Algiers - Casablanca (21 Jan) - Brest - Rouen | ||
| Cargo | 3550 tons of phosphate | ||
| History | Completed in May 1923 as British Quernmore for Furness, Withy & Co Ltd, Liverpool. 1937 sold to France and renamed Alsacien for Cie des Bateaux à Vapeur du Nord (SA de Gérance et d´Armement), Dunkirk. | ||
| Notes on event | At 11.40 hours on 24 Jan 1940 the Alsacien in convoy 56-KS was hit in the foreship by one torpedo from U-44 and sank west of Lisbon. | ||
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