Date of attack

11 Oct 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.

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