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On March 17, 1943, between 3:37 a.m. and 3:41 a.m., U-91 fires five torpedoes into convoy HX-229 400 miles (644 km) east-southeast of Cape Farewell, Greenland. The SS Harry Luckenbach is hit on the starboard side amidships and sinks in three minutes, position 50°38'N/34°46'W. Of the crew, 80 sailors lost their lives while 9 officers, 45 crew and 26 defenders were rescued by the British corvette HMS Pennywort (K111).
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Page 103 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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