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The liner was requisitioned and converted into a troop transport. On 11 July 1943, her small convoy named Faith was bombed by German aircraft 300 miles (480 km) west of Vigo, Spain. HMT Duchess of York and HMT California were damaged and abandoned by their crews. On the 12th, they were torpedoed by a Royal Navy ship in position 41°15'N/15°24'W. The attack cost the lives of 46 servicemen and crew, including the captain.
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Page 190 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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