Angelus
Canadian Sailing ship
Photo of Angelus from a newspaper
| Name | Angelus | ||
| Type: | Sailing ship | ||
| Tonnage | 255 tons | ||
| Completed | 1912 - Tranchemer, La Richardaise | ||
| Owner | Merchant Marine Ltd, Ottawa | ||
| Homeport | Montreal | ||
| Date of attack | 19 May 1943 | Nationality:  Canadian | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-161 (Albrecht Achilles) | ||
| Position | 38° 40'N, 64° 00'W - Grid CB 5722 | ||
| Complement | 10 (8 dead and 2 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Barbados - Halifax | ||
| Cargo | Molasses | ||
| History | On 11 May 1942, the French barquentine Angelus of Felix Chevalier, Cancale was taken as prize by HMCS Prescott (K 161) on the Grand Banks and sent to Sydney, where she was turned over to the Canadian Government Merchant Marine Ltd. | ||
| Notes on event | At 11.30 hours on 19 May 1943 the Angelus (Master Edward Jensen) was stopped by U-161 north of Bermuda and sunk by gunfire after the crew of ten men abandoned ship in a lifeboat. When the boat was found after five days by USS Turner (DD 648), only two of them were still alive, the others including the master had died from exposure. The survivors were landed at Portland, Maine on 27 May 1943. | ||
| On board | We have details of 10 people who were on board. | ||
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