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At the beginning of February 1943, the Kalliopi broke its moorings in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and set sail with convoy SC-118. At 7:35 am on 7 February, U-420 torpedoed her 600 miles (966 km) south-southwest of Iceland. Shet sank by the stern 25 minutes later, in position 55°27'N/26°08'W. The attack killed two sailors and a gunner. The 32 other crew members and one gunner were rescued an hour later by the US Coast Guard vessels USCGC Bibb (WPG-31), which took on five, and USCGC Ingham (WPG-35), which took on board the 27 other shipwrecked crew members, five of whom died of their injuries.
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Page 226 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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