Fort la Maune
British Steam merchant
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| Name | Fort la Maune | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant (North Sands) | ||
| Tonnage | 7,130 tons | ||
| Completed | 1942 - Davie Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd, Lauzon PQ | ||
| Owner | Booth Steamship Co Ltd (Booth Line), Liverpool | ||
| Homeport | Bristol | ||
| Date of attack | 25 Jan 1944 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-188 (Siegfried Lüdden) | ||
| Position | 13° 04'N, 56° 30'E - Grid MQ 5474 | ||
| Complement | 56 (0 dead and 56 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | New York - Bari - Suez - Aden - Cochin - Vizagapatam - Calcutta | ||
| Cargo | 8130 tons of general cargo and military stores | ||
| History | Completed in May 1942 for US War Shipping Administration (WSA), lend-leased to Britain on bareboat charter for Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). | ||
| Notes on event | At 20.16 hours on 25 Jan 1944 the unescorted Fort la Maune (Master James William Binns, OBE) was hit on the port side in hold #2 by one torpedo from U-188 east-northeast of Socotra Island and sank at 21.02 hours. The U-boat surfaced afterwards and questioned the survivors. The master, 48 crew members and seven gunners made landfall after 14 days near Al Mukalla in Yemen, were spotted by a Catalina aircraft and were brought by HMS Nigella (K 19) (T/Lt C.L.L. Davies, RNVR) to Aden, arriving on 6 February. | ||
| On board | We have details of 12 people who were on board. | ||
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