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Son of John Finn and Margaret Buchanan, of Glasgow, Scotland. Husband of Kathleen Finn, of Toronto, Ontario.
On 29 November 1940, Stureholm left Halifax harbour, Nova Scotia, with convoy HX-92, and headed for Hull, England. On 12 December, at 1.56 am, she was torpedoed by U-96 north of Ireland, position 57°50'N/08°40'W. The ship sank in 11 minutes and none of the 32 crew members survived.
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Page 134 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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