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On 1 July 1941, convoy OS-33 was dispersed by a U-boat attack while en route from Liverpool, England, to Buenos Aires, Argentina. On the 12th, at 00:22, the Cortona was damaged by a torpedo launched from U-116. Three minutes later, U-201 gave her the coup de grace south of the Azores, in the North Atlantic, and sank her, position 32°45'N/24°45'W. Of the crew, 29 sailors and two gunners lost their lives. The captain, 18 sailors and four gunners were rescued ten days later by the British destroyer HMS Pathfinder (G10) which landed them in Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
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Commemorated on:
Page 150 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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