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On 4 March 1943, at 6.09 am, the City of Pretoria, sailing without escort, received two torpedoes from U-172, west-north-west of the Azores, position 42°39'N/36°46'W. The cargo ship sank immediately with her captain, 108 crew members, 24 gunners, 7 passengers and 5 apprentices. There were no survivors.
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Commemorated on:
Page 134 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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