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SHIPS HIT BRITAIN 239 * - P Q R

4)PHEMIUS U-515




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Built 1921


Tonnage 7,406 / 9,610 tons


Cargo: 4,544 tons of government stores and general cargo, including mail 


Route: Liverpool - Glasgow - Takoradi - Lagos - Beira 


Sunk 19 DEC 43 by U-515 on pos. 05º 01’N  00º 17’W


23  Dead


93 Survivors


At 00.00 hours on 20 Dec 1943 the unescorted Phemius (Master Thomas Arthur Kent, OBE) was torpedoed by U-515 about 30 miles south of Accra, Gold Coast and sunk by a Gnat as coup de grâce. Four crew members, one gunner and 19 passengers were lost. The radio officer was taken prisoner by the U-boat. The master, 67 crew members, ten gunners and 14 passengers were picked up by FFL Commandant Drogou (K 195) and landed at Takoradi on 20 December.


By Phemius (British Steam merchant) - Ships hit by German U-boats during WWII - uboat.net


 

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