Crew list of Ships hit by U-boats


Thomas Lang

Merchant Navy. British

Born   1906


Decorations

22 Dec 1942King's Commendation (C)

Roster information listed for Thomas Lang


ShipTypeRank / roleAttacked onBoat
AthelviscountMotor tankerCook22 Mar 1942U-202

Personal information

Thomas Lang was commended for his services during the towing of Athelviscount. He kept the crew supplied with hot food under the most difficult and trying conditions. The galley was wrecked by the explosion, so he constructed a fire out of three buckets and never failed to produce a hot meal when it was needed. The master later reported that without his efforts they would have been unable to do the work, as the weather was bitterly cold and rough all the time, growing worse during the last two days, so cold that the drinking water in the cabins froze.

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