King Lud (2)

On passage New York to Bombay carrying military personnel and government stores, was torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-20 and sank in the Mozambique Channel, 350 miles E of Beira.

There were no survivors

King Lud

Left  New York

For  Bombay

Lost  8 June 1942



Master

B R Evans


H W Irwin


H R Allan


J Kelly


G T Allison


R Kennedy


F W Brockies


R Keys


G Callender


B W Little


J Cameron


G R McKee


C Carn


A MacLeod


F J Caward


F W Moates


B C Davies


R B Monk


M Deans


J A S Phillips


L H Follett


W Poulson


F W Foster


H G Rawson


J Fyfe


A R Tulley


K E Gardiner


W R Watkins


H L Gay


D E Weir


F Glover



Torpedoed and Sunk in The Mozambique Channel - 1942

Vessel

Built

Service

Tonnage

King Lud (2)

1928

1942 Torpedoed and sunk by Japanese in Mozambique Channel

5224

Official Number

Ship Builder

Engine Builder

Engine Type

HP

Screws

160380

Harland & Wolff

Belfast

Harland & Wolff

Belfast

Motor 6 Cyl

Burmeister & Wain

1850 IHP

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