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On 7 February 1943, at 6:36 am, the MV Afrika was hit by torpedoes launched from U-402 south-east of Cape Farewell, Greenland, while sailing with convoy SC-118. She sank with the loss of the captain, 18 crew members and 4 gunners. The 29 surviving sailors, six gunners and two passengers were rescued by the British corvettes HMS Campanula (K18) and HMS Mignonette (K38), which landed them in Liverpool, England.
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Page 135 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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