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Trimmer Glen Swenson

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Military service

Age: 22
Rank: Trimmer
Force: Merchant Navy
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Merchant Navy
Division: S.S. Fanefjeld (Bergen, Norway)
Death: April 9, 1942 North Atlantic

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: Panel 22.
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Son of Mr. and Mrs. Tony Swenson, of Vancouver, British Columbia.

On 9 April 1942, the Fanefjeld was en route from Bildudatur, Iceland, to Isafjord, Norway, when she was reported missing. The German commander of U-252 recorded in his logbook the sinking of a steamer off the north-west tip of Iceland at 10:04 on 9 April, position 66°15'N/23°52'W. The 22 crew members, one passenger and one Icelandic pilot were never seen again. The exact cause of the ship's loss has not been established.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 236 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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