Sinking of Steel Seafarer Sept 1941
Sinking of Steel Seafarer Sept 1941
Seekrieg only notes she carried military equipment. Does anyone know what it was?
The enemy had superiority in numbers, his tanks were more heavily armoured, they had larger calibre guns with nearly twice the effective range of ours, and their telescopes were superior. 5 RTR 19/11/41
The CRUSADER Project - The Winter Battle 1941/42
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Re: Sinking of Steel Seafarer Sept 1941
http://www.isthmianlines.com/ships/sa_s ... afarer.htm Lists "general cargo". The company may have more info, or whoever inherited their files.
Re: Sinking of Steel Seafarer Sept 1941
Thank you!
The enemy had superiority in numbers, his tanks were more heavily armoured, they had larger calibre guns with nearly twice the effective range of ours, and their telescopes were superior. 5 RTR 19/11/41
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Re: Sinking of Steel Seafarer Sept 1941
Hi Andreas
Hope this helps
http://www.isthmianlines.com/ships/sa_s ... afarer.htm9/5 - On a voyage from New York to Suez, Eqypt the vessel, clearly marked with an American flag painted on the side, came under attack by a German plane in the Red Sea, position 27.20 N, 34.15 E, at 11:28 PM. Steaming at 4 knots with 7,000 tons of general cargo, she proceeded with her navigational lights lit in clear weather and rough seas. The vessel was struck by one bomb in the #5 double bottom tank. The Master, John D. R. Halliday, immediately stopped engines and ordered the ship abandoned. The crew launched three boats and the vessel rolled over and sank in 15 mins. All nine officers and 27 crewmen reached Eqypt the next day, 5 men receiving treatment ashore for injuries. "Seaports South of Sahara" reported this vessel was carrying 5,700 tons of munitions, being one of numerous American flag freighters carrying, under lucrative charter terms, munitions for British operations in North Africa
Regards
Andy H
Re: Sinking of Steel Seafarer Sept 1941
Thanks a lot Andy!
The enemy had superiority in numbers, his tanks were more heavily armoured, they had larger calibre guns with nearly twice the effective range of ours, and their telescopes were superior. 5 RTR 19/11/41
The CRUSADER Project - The Winter Battle 1941/42
The CRUSADER Project - The Winter Battle 1941/42