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Built: 1936
Tonnage: 5,401 / 8,450 tons
Cargo: General cargo
Route: Durban - Capetown - Paranam - UK
Sunk 8 JAN 43 by U-507 on pos. 04º10”S 35º30”W
2 Dead
46 Survivors
On 8 Jan, 1943, the unescorted Yorkwood (Master Frank Herbert Fenn) was torpedoed and sunk by U-507 northwest of Ascension Island. One crew member was lost. The master was taken prisoner by the Germans and lost when the U-boat was sunk five days later. 38 crew members and eight gunners landed at Macau, Brazil.
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