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After moving away from the SC-121 convoy, on 8 March 1943, at 9:55 pm, the U-190 fired two torpedoes towards the Empire Lakeland about 500 miles (805 km) east of Cape Farewell, Greenland, and sank her in position 58°N/15°'W. The captain, 55 crew members and 8 gunners lost their lives. Her disappearance was recorded by the Admiralty on the 11th.
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Commemorated on:
Page 193 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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