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British Dominion

Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart

Name	British Dominion
Type:	Motor tanker
Tonnage	6.983 tons
Completed	1928 - Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd, Wallsend, Sunderland
Owner	British Tanker Co Ltd, London
Homeport	London
Date of attack	11 Jan, 1943	Nationality: British

Fate	Sunk by U-620 (Heinz Stein)
Position	30.30N, 19.55W - Grid DH 5119 - See location on a map -
Complement	53 (37 dead and 16 survivors).
Convoy	TM-1 (straggler)
Route	Curaçao - Trinidad - Gibraltar
Cargo	9000 tons of aviation spirit
History
Notes on loss	At 00.40 hours on 11 Jan, 1943, U-522 (Schneider) attacked the convoy TM-1 northwest of the Canary Islands (grid DH 5110) and reported one tanker sunk and one other damaged. In fact, the British Dominion (Master Joseph Douglas Miller) was struck by three torpedoes and was abandoned. After 03.00 hours on 11 January, the wreck was sunk by U-620 by a coup de grâce and gunfire. 33 crew members and four gunners were lost. The master, ten crew members and five gunners were picked up by the British corvette HMS Godetia (K 226) (Lt A.H. Pierce OBE) and landed at Gibraltar.

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