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On 5 August 1941, Swiftpool was sailing with convoy SL-81 from Sierra Leone to the UK when U-372 fired four torpedoes between 1.50 am and 1.59 am. The cargo ship was hit and sunk west of Ireland, in position 53°03'N/16°00'W. Of a crew of 44 sailors, the captain, 36 crew members and 5 gunners lost their lives. The two survivors were rescued by the British corvette HMS Bluebell (K80) and landed at Greenock, Scotland.
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Page 199 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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