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On 11 April 1943, the Ingerfire was en route from Barrow, England, to Halifax, Nova Scotia, with convoy ONS-2 when, at 10:28 pm, she was torpedoed by U-613 and sank in less than a minute about 400 miles (644 km) east of Newfoundland, in position 51°29'N/42°59'W. Of a crew of 35 sailors, eight lost their lives. The survivors, including the captain, were picked up in the afternoon of the 12th by the Canadian destroyer HMCS St. Croix (I81) and the Canadian corvette HMCS Camrose (K154).
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Commemorated on:
Page 164 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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