Jean Jadot
| Name | Jean Jadot | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5.859 tons | ||
| Completed | 1929 - Flensburger Schiffsbau-Ges., Flensburg | ||
| Owner | Compagnie Maritime Belge (Lloyd Royal) SA, Antwerp | ||
| Homeport | Antwerp | ||
| Date of attack | 20 Jan, 1943 | Nationality:  Belgian | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-453 (Freiherr Egon Reiner von Schlippenbach) | ||
| Position | Grid CH 8521 - See estimated map location (36.55N03.01E) * | ||
| Complement | 403 (6 dead and 397 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | KMS-7 | ||
| Route | Liverpool - Clyde - Algiers | ||
| Cargo | Troops, motor transport, gasoline and four tanks as deck cargo | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | Between 16.33 and 16.35 hours on 20 Jan, 1943, U-453 fired four torpedoes at the convoy KMS-7 off Cape Ténès and heard three detonations and one ship sinking. The only ship hit and sunk was the Jean Jadot, which carried 323 soldiers. | ||
* Estimated position shown here is based on positions of losses in a roughly the same German grid code. It may be a bit off but should give a good idea as to where the attack took place.
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