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She was a 769 grt steam cargo ship that survived the war. According to the CWGC database, the Date of Death of Mr Wills, who was an Able Seaman, was 13 June 1940. Please see the entry for him on the Errors and Omissions page under 'Omissions'.
She was a 2,871 grt steam cargo ship that was sunk on 19 March 1945 by a torpedo fired by an E-boat at a position 3 miles from No. 4 Buoy Lowestoft on a bearing of 70°.
She was a 8,602 grt steam Passenger/ cargo ship that was being used as a troopship when sunk on 26 November 1943 by a Henschel Hs293 radio-controlled glider bomb controlled by a Heinkel 177 bomber. She was sunk at position 36° 56’ N, 05° 20’ E. Of the total loss of life amounting to 1,138 souls, 1,015 were American - the biggest loss of US troops at sea in a single incident in the war. News of the loss was suppressed at the time and only emerged gradually - the first mention of the cause being a glider bomb not being published until 1948. There has been much controversy over the reason for the high number of casualties and anyone interested should use Google to find more information.
She was a 1,023 grt dredger for which I have been unable to find further details. According to the CWGC database, the Date of Death of Mr McCreadie, who was Chief Officer, was 22 October 1942. Please see the entry for him on the Errors and Omissions page under 'Omissions'.
She was a 4,998 grt motor cargo ship that survived the war. According to the CWGC database, the Date of Death of Mr McLellan, who was Radio Officer, was 11 November 1943. Please see the entry for him on the Errors and Omissions page under 'Omissions'.
She was a 3,177 grt steam tanker that was sunk on 28 July 1943 by torpedoes fired by German submarine U-615 at position 12° 07’ N, 69° 13’ W.
She was a 1,521 grt steam cargo ship that was sunk on 8 June 1942 by gunfire from German submarine U-504 at position 18° 47’ N, 85° 05’ W. The gunfire followed two misses by torpedoes.
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She was a 1,994 grt steam cargo ship that was sunk on 24 April 1943 by torpedoes fired by German submarine U-386 at position 61° 00’ N, 15° 00’ W. There were just 2 survivors from the crew of 30.
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She was a 3,096 grt steam cargo ship that was sunk on 3 November 1941 by a torpedo fired by German submarine U-374
at position 48° 00’ N, 50° 00’ W.
There were no survivors
She was a 6,120 grt motor tanker that was fatally damaged on 9 March 1943 by torpedoes fired by German submarine U-409
at position 58° 37’ N, 22° 32’ W. In fact she caught fire and broke in two. She was scuttled by gunfore from USCGC Bibb on 11 March 1943 at
position 58° 30’ N, 20° 31’ W.
There were no survivors
