Waterton

MPBW

Date of attack

11 Oct 1942


Torpedoed and Sunk - 1942

Nationality:      

British

Fate

Sunk by U-106 (Hermann Rasch)

Position

47° 07'N, 59° 54'W - Grid BB 5434

Complement

27 (0 dead and 27 survivors).

Convoy

BS-31

Route

Corner Brook, Newfoundland (10 Oct) - Cleveland, Ohio

Cargo

2000 tons of wood sulphate and newsprint

History

Completed in May 1928

Notes on event

At 15.47 hours on 11 Oct 1942 the Waterton (Master William Lutjens) in convoy BS-31 was hit by two torpedoes from U-106 and sank by the stern north of Cape Breton Island in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.

The master, 24 crew members and two gunners were picked up by HMCS Vison (T/Lt W.E. Nicholson, RCNR) and landed at Sydney.

   Crew List

Vessel

Built

Tonnage

Official No

Ship Builder

Engine Builder

Engine Type

HP

Screws

Waterton

1928

2115

149472

Armstrong Whitworth

Newcastle

Armstrong Whitworth

Newcastle

Triple Expansion Steam

1000 IHP

1

Career Summary

1941 Acquired by Bowater Newfoundland

1942 Torpedoed and sunk in Cabot Strait

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