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On 29 March 1941, the Liguria was sailing unescorted away from convoy OB-302 when she was torpedoed by U-46 and sank in six minutes after breaking in two 300 miles (483 km) south-south-west of Reykjavik, Iceland, position 59°27'N/24°36'W. On 3 April, the SS Athenic picked up 8 survivors on a raft and 3 in a dinghy. One man later died of exposure. On the 4th, this ship was torpedoed by U-76 without causing any casualties. On the 5th, all the sailors were rescued by the British corvette HMS Arbutus (K86) and disembarked in Liverpool, England, on the 8th. Of the Liguria's crew, 16 lost their lives and 10 survived.
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Page 179 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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