Joseph L Thompson
Sunderland
Date of attack
27 Feb 1943
Nationality:
British
Fate
Sunk by U-66 (Friedrich Markworth)
Position
27° 38'N, 43° 23'W - Grid DF 7587
Complement
50 (3 dead and 47 survivors).
Convoy
ON-165 (dispersed)
Route
Liverpool - Pernambuco - Buenos Aires
Torpedoed and Sunk in The North Atlantic - 1943
Loss of SS St Margaret by Capt D S Davies
St Margaret
Left Liverpool
For Buenos Aires via Pernambuco
Lost 27 February 1943 |
Fate
|
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Master
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D S Davies
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Survived
|
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Chief Officer
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G Hamilton
|
Survived
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Chief Engineer
|
J B Meadley
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Lost
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|
Donkeyman
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P E Loughran
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Lost
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Fireman
|
G Brady
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Lost
|
Cargo
6000 tons of general cargo and coal
Notes on event
At 13.55 hours on 27 Feb 1943 the St. Margaret (Master Daniel Sydney Davies), dispersed from convoy ON-165, was hit on the starboard side in the engine room by one of two torpedoes from U-66 southeast of Bermuda.
The U-boat fired three coups de grâce between 14.34 and 14.45 hours, but they all missed.
At 15.10 hours, the fourth coup de grâce hit on the starboard side in the foreship from a distance of 250 metres and caused the ship to sink after 17 minutes.
After the survivors were questioned, the master was taken prisoner by the U-boat, landed at Lorient on 24 March and brought to the POW camp Milag Nord.
Three crew members were lost. 34 crew members, five gunners and seven passengers were picked up by USS Hobson (DD 464) and landed at Bermuda on 5 March.
