Fort St. Nicolas
British Steam merchant
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| Name | Fort St. Nicolas | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant (Victory) | ||
| Tonnage | 7,154 tons | ||
| Completed | 1943 - Burrard Dry Dock Co, North Vancouver BC | ||
| Owner | John Cory & Sons Ltd, Cardiff | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 15 Feb 1944 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-410 (Horst-Arno Fenski) | ||
| Position | 40° 34'N, 14° 38'E - Grid CJ 6768 | ||
| Complement | 67 (0 dead and 67 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | Shingle | ||
| Route | Hull - Augusta - Naples - Salerno | ||
| Cargo | 4000 tons of military stores | ||
| History | Completed in September 1943 for the Canadian Government, lend-leased on bareboat charter to British Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). | ||
| Notes on event | At 15.22 hours on 15 Feb 1944 the Fort St. Nicolas (Master Kenneth Howard Pengelly) was hit by a Gnat from U-410 and sank east of the island of Capri. The master, 48 crew members, 14 gunners and four passengers were rescued by a RAF crash launch and landed at Salerno. Fort St. Nicolas was participating in Operation Shingle, the landings at Anzio-Nettuno. | ||
| On board | We have details of 1 people who were on board. | ||
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