C.S. Flight
British Sailing ship
Name | C.S. Flight | ||
Type: | Sailing ship | ||
Tonnage | 67 tons | ||
Completed | |||
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Homeport | |||
Date of attack | 12 Jan 1943 | Nationality: British | |
Fate | Sunk by U-105 (Jürgen Nissen) | ||
Position | 12° 25'N, 63° 00'W | ||
Complement | 72 (49 dead and 23 survivors). | ||
Convoy | |||
Route | Curaçao - Barbados | ||
Cargo | Laborer | ||
History | | ||
Notes on event | At 01.00 hours on 12 Jan 1943, U-105 fired with the 2cm AA gun into the rigging of C.S. Flight to force the crew to abandon ship in two lifeboats and a raft, but there were too much people on board and many jumped overboard and drowned. The U-boat used hand grenades to sink the vessel and questioned the survivors in the boats before leaving the area. |
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