Emile Miguet
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| Name | Emile Miguet | ||
| Type: | Motor tanker | ||
| Tonnage | 14.115 tons | ||
| Completed | 1937 - Ateliers & Chantiers de France, Dunkirk | ||
| Owner | Compagnie Française des Pétroles, Paris | ||
| Homeport | Le Havre | ||
| Date of attack | 12 Oct, 1939 | Nationality:  French | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-48 (Herbert Schultze) | ||
| Position | 50.15N, 14.50W - Grid BE 3246 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | ? men (2 dead and ? survivors). | ||
| Convoy | KJ-2 (straggler) | ||
| Route | Corpus Christi - Le Havre | ||
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| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 18.08 hours on 12 Oct, 1939, U-48 stopped the Emile Miguet, which was straggling from the convoy KJ-2 and shelled her until 19.00 hours. The tanker was set on fire, was abandoned and sank south-southwest of Ireland. The survivors were picked up by the American merchant Black Hawk. | ||
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