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Military service
Rank:
Second Steward
Force:
Merchant Navy
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Merchant Navy
Division:
MV Inverilen (Glasgow, Scotland)(159824)
Death:
February 3, 1943
North Atlantic
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 23.
Additional information
On 3 February 1943, at 2:57 am, the Inverilen, part of convoy HX-224, was en route from New York to Stanlow, England, when she was torpedoed by U-456 south of Iceland and sank in position 56°13'N/20°35'W. The captain, 24 crew members and six gunners lost their lives. The 14 surviving sailors and two passengers were recovered by the British corvette HMS Asphodel (K56) and landed in Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 172 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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