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Name Baron Dechmont
Type: Steam merchant
Tonnage 3,675 tons
Completed 1929 - Ardrossan Dockyard & Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Ardrossan
Owner H. Hogarth & Sons Ltd, Glasgow
Homeport Ardrossan
Date of attack 3 Jan 1943 Nationality: British
Fate Sunk by U-507 (Harro Schacht)
Position 03.11S, 38.41W - Grid FB 9141
Complement 44 (7 dead and 37 survivors).
Convoy
Route Barry - Milford Haven - Pernambuco
Cargo 4630 tons of coal and coke
Notes on loss At 18.00 hours on 3 Jan, 1943, the unescorted Baron Dechmont (Master Donald MacCallum) was torpedoed and sunk by U-507 northwest of Cape San Roque, Brazil.
Seven crew members were lost.
The master was taken prisoner and later lost when the U-boat was sunk ten days later. 28 crew members and eight gunners landed at Fortaleza. |
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