Queen Anne
British Motor merchant
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| Name | Queen Anne | ||
| Type: | Motor merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4,937 tons | ||
| Completed | 1937 - Barclay, Curle & Co, Whiteinch, Glasgow | ||
| Owner | T. Dunlop & Sons, Glasgow | ||
| Homeport | Glasgow | ||
| Date of attack | 10 Feb 1943 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-509 (Werner Witte) | ||
| Position | 34° 53'S, 19° 51'E - Grid GR 6844 | ||
| Complement | 44 (5 dead and 39 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | CA-11 | ||
| Route | Manchester - Capetown - Aden - Alexandria - Beirut | ||
| Cargo | 6126 tons of government stores and 698 tons of general cargo, including explosives | ||
| History | Completed in January 1937 | ||
| Notes on event | At 02.19 hours on 10 February 1943 the Queen Anne (Master Charles Hicking Radford) in convoy CA-11 was torpedoed and sunk by U-509 eight miles south-southwest of Cape Agulhas, South Africa. The master and four crew members were lost. 30 crew members and nine gunners survived: 17 survivors were picked up by HMS St. Zeno (FY 280) (T/Lt J.K. Craig, RNVR) and landed at Capetown, while 22 survivors in a lifeboat made landfall at Bredasdorp near Cape Agulhas. | ||
| On board | We have details of 5 people who were on board. | ||
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