Lorient
British Steam merchant
Name | Lorient | ||
Type: | Steam merchant | ||
Tonnage | 4,737 tons | ||
Completed | 1921 - Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Willington Quay-on-Tyne | ||
Owner | Evan Thomas Radcliffe & Co, Cardiff | ||
Homeport | London | ||
Date of attack | 4 May 1943 | Nationality: British | |
Fate | Sunk by U-125 (Ulrich Folkers) | ||
Position | 54° 04'N, 44° 18'W - Grid AJ 6298 | ||
Complement | 46 (46 dead - no survivors) | ||
Convoy | ONS-5 (straggler) | ||
Route | London - New York | ||
Cargo | Ballast | ||
History | Completed in September 1921 as French Lorient for Compagnie Delmas-Vieljeux, Paris. On 18 Feb 1941, the Vichy French ship was captured by the British ocean boarding vessel HMS Marsdale west of the Canary Islands in 28°12N/12°23W and taken to Gibraltar, where she was taken over by the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). | ||
Notes on event | On 4 May 1943 the Lorient (Master Walter John Manley), a straggler from convoy ONS-5, was torpedoed and sunk by U-125 south of Cape Farewell. The master, 40 crew members and five gunners were lost. | ||
On board | We have details of 46 people who were on board. |
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