Robin Goodfellow
American Steam merchant
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| Name | Robin Goodfellow | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 6,885 tons | ||
| Completed | 1920 - Skinner & Eddy Corp, Seattle WA | ||
| Owner | Seas Shipping Co Inc, New York | ||
| Homeport | New York | ||
| Date of attack | 25 Jul 1944 | Nationality:  American | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-862 (Heinrich Timm) | ||
| Position | 20.03S, 14.21W - Grid FT 8461 | ||
| Complement | 68 (68 dead - no survivors) | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Capetown (16 Jul) - Bahia, Brazil - New York | ||
| Cargo | 8602 tons of chrome ore | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 02.12 hours on 25 Jul, 1944, the unescorted Robin Goodfellow (Master Bjarne Bjornsgaard) was torpedoed and sunk by U-862 in the South Atlantic. The British motor merchant Priam received a distress signal, but none of the eight officers, 33 crewmen and 27 armed guards (the ship was armed with one 4in, one 3in and five 20mm guns) survived. | ||
| Crewlists | We have listing of 69 people who were on this vessel | ||
Location of attack on Robin Goodfellow.
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