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On 17 November 1940, the Oakcrest left New York harbour for England with convoy OB-244. Away from the group of ships on the 21st, she was torpedoed at 4:18 am on the 23rd by U-123 and sank in less than six minutes in position 56°39'N/18°36'W. The captain, first mate, chief engineer and 9 crew members perished, one in a lifeboat and four young sailors drifted away and were never seen again. 24 sailors and one gunner abandoned ship and drifted for 8 days. Two sailors drowned on landfall, six during the night on the island of Tangasdale, in the Hebrides, one from drinking seawater. Six survived, while a total of 35 died.
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Page 166 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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