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She was a 3,198 grt steam cargo ship that was hit on 2 October 1941 by a torpedo fired by German submarine U-431. The ship's DEMS gunners fought back and the submarine was forced to submerge but later sunk Hatasu on 3 October abiyt 600 miles East of Cape Race.
She was a 6,666 grt steam cargo ship that was damaged on 4 November 1942 by torpedoes fired by German submarine U-132. She was torpedoed again by U-442 and the ship, whose cargo included explosives and incendiary bombs, blew up sinking her at position 55° 28’ N 39° 52’ W. U-132 was struck by debris from the explosion and was sunk with all hands lost .
She was a 7,113 grt motor cargo ship that was captured on 12 July 1942 by Japanese raiders Aikoko Maru and Hokoko Marusank. at position 17° 32’ S 80° 25’ E. The Japanese renamed the ship Hoki Maru and used for as a special transport. According to the CWGC database, the Date of Death of the Master Mr Creese was 31 August 1947. Please see the entry for him on the Errors and Omissions page under 'Omissions'.
She was a 1,595 grt steam cargo ship that was hit on 17 October 1940 by torpedoes fired by a German E-boat and sunk on 18 October 1940 at a position 6 miles NNW of Smith's Knoll.
She was a 2,024 grt steam cargo ship that was sunk on 10 June 1942 by a torpedo fired by German submarine U-81 at position 31° 10' N, 28° 36’ E.
She was a 1,524 grt compound engined cargo ship that was hit on 11 June 1941 by a torpedo fired by German submarine U-79 at position 63° 35' N, 28° 05’ W. She was sunk by gunfire from the same submarine.
She was a 210 grt motor cargo ship that was last seen on 13 September 1939 on departure from Nieuport. She may have been sunk by a mine laid by German submarine U-17 and is believed to lie at position 51° 07' N, 01° 27’ E though this is not confirmed.
She was a 2,475 grt steam cargo ship that was sunk on 27 July 1941 by torpedoes fired by German submarine U-203 at position 44° 55' N, 17° 44’ W.
She was a 5,207 grt steam cargo ship that was sunk on 24 April 1940 by gunfire from German raider Orion at position 31° 30' N, 51° 30’ W.
She was a 1,189 grt steam cargo ship that sank on 26 July 1940 after hitting a mine at position 51° 47' N, 01° 48’ E.
