King Malcolm (2)

Torpedoed and Sunk in The North Atlantic - 1941

King Malcolm Left Sydney Cape Breton For Belfast Lost 28 October 1941		Fate
Master	J Wilson	Lost
Chief Officer	M N Hulse	Lost
Second Officer	J K Donnelly	Lost
Third Officer	D R MacKay	Lost
Apprentices	R W Glazebrook N G Matthews L F Robinson S T Wills	All Lost
First Radio Officer	J M Campbell	Lost
Second Radio Officer	J Quill	Lost
Chief Engineer	J Burdon	Lost
Second Engineer	W Wilson	Lost
Third Engineer	J D Ayestaran	Lost
Fourth Engineer	G D Ashton	Lost
Fifth Engineer	E W Hamlett	Lost
Electrician	J R Taylor	Lost
Carpenter	M Jakobson	Lost
Bosun	P Cullen	Lost
Able Seamen	J H Blake M Cashman D MacLachlan T J Seymour J Snijder	All Lost
Sailor	R Drysdale	Lost
Greasers	G H Cliff E A Pettersen J Rufo	All Lost
Stewards	A Dunn W E James	Both Lost
Asst Steward	A Conley	Lost
Cook	A E Manning	Lost
Galley Boy	G I Down	Lost

Date of attack

28 Oct 1941

Fate

Sunk by U-106 (Hermann Rasch)

Position Grid AK 9985

Complement

38 (38 dead - no survivors)

Convoy

SC-50 (straggler)

Route

Haifa - Sydney CB (17 Oct) - Belfast - Garston

Cargo

Potash

Notes on loss

At 07.19 hours on 28 Oct, 1941, the King Malcolm (Master James Wilson) was hit by one of two torpedoes from U-106 and sank within three minutes southeast of St. Johns.

The ship had been in convoy SC-50, but straggled and was last seen on 21 October in 47°40N/51°15W.

The master, 33 crew members and four gunners were lost.