King Frederick (3)

GDTZ

Date of attack

19 Jul 1944

Fate

Sunk by U-181 (Kurt Freiwald)

Position 09.29N, 71.45E - Grid MS 7974

Complement

56 (27 dead and 29 survivors).

Route

Haifa - Port Said - Aden - Colombo - Calcutta

Cargo

6600 tons of salt and mail

Notes on loss  

At 17.03 hours on 19 Jul, 1944, the unescorted King Frederick (Master Richard John Esslemont) was hit by one torpedo from U-181 in the Nine Degree Channel in the Arabian Sea.

The wreck was later dispersed. 20 crew members, five gunners and two passengers (military personnel) were lost. The master, 27 crew members and one gunner abandoned ship and were questioned by the Germans.

The survivors were picked up by the British Liberty ship Samshee and landed at Aden.

Torpedoed and Sunk - 1944

King Frederick

Left  Haifa

For  Calcutta via Port Said, Aden & Colombo

Lost  19 July 1944

Fate

Master

R J Esslemont

Survived

Chief Officer

T Monkhouse

Lost

Third Officer

H O Jones

Lost

Radio Operator

J C G Robinson

Survived

Second Engineer

A F Cullen

Lost

Fourth Engineer

H C Lampriere

Lost

Chief Steward

N G Puckey

Lost

Carpenter

D H Rowlands

Lost

Donkeyman

E Ghalib

Lost

Greaser

A Abdulla

Lost

Firemen Trimmers

M Aden

A Gubadleh

H Hassan

H Hersi

O Hussein

A Jama

M A Musa

J Noor

W D Omar

A Serrah

All Lost

Cook

H Kendrew

Lost

Asst Steward

W J Carver

Lost

Vessel

Built

Service

Tonnage

King Fredrick (3)

1919

1923 Purchased from Government renamed King Frederick

1944 Torpedoed and sunk in Indian Ocean

5106

Official Number

Ship Builder

Engine Builder

Engine Type

HP

Screws

146631

Hong Kong & Whampoa

Hong Kong

Hong Kong & Whampoa

Hong Kong

Triple Expansion Steam

2500 IHP

1

Master

Date

Left

Destination

C Ritch

7/1923 - 1924



R J Esslemont

7/1944

Haifa

Calcutta

King Line Steamship Co
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