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Son of William Taylor and Annie Blanche Taylor of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. Husband of Florence Melba Ogilivie from Truro, Nova Scotia. Father of Robert Gordon Taylor.
According to the logbook of the submarine U-564, she was torpedoed on 11 February 1942 and sank at about 06 :05 a.m. 260 nautical miles (299 miles/480 km) north-north-west of Bermuda after being hit by two torpedoes, resisting an explosive scuttling charge and 98 shots from a deck gun, position 36°12'N/67°14'W. There were no survivors out of a crew of 47 members.
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Commemorated on:
Page 238 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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