Ships hit by U-boats

Crew lists from ships hit by U-boats

Kars

British motor tanker



The afterpart of the Kars lying beached near Halifax

This is a listing of people associated with this ship.
We also have a detailed page on the British motor tanker Kars.

Aboard Kars when hit on 22 Feb 1942

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NameAgeRankServed on
BritishAnderton, John, Merchant Navy32Third Radio OfficerKars +
BritishAshmore, Thomas Joseph, Merchant Navy26SailorKars +
NorwegianBergslid, Paulus, Merchant Navy27Greaser and FiremanKars +
BritishBlack, T., Merchant NavyCarpenterKars
BritishBouyoukas, Necolaos, Merchant Navy22Chief CookKars +
BritishBowie, Joseph, Merchant Navy31FiremanKars +
BritishBrigham, Harold, RN21Able Seaman (DEMS gunner)Kars +
BritishBurgoine, Norman Birkett, Merchant Navy21Second Radio OfficerKars +
BritishChisholm, James Alexander, Merchant Navy55Chief Engineer OfficerKars +
BritishDallas, George, Merchant Navy18Mess Room BoyKars +
South AfricanDay, Edward Jodrell, Merchant Navy49First Radio OfficerKars +
BritishDevlin, James, Merchant Navy41PumpmanKars +
BritishDuffy, John Joseph, Merchant Navy46FiremanKars +
BritishElliot, Henry Colbeck, Merchant Navy55Chief OfficerKars +
BritishFalconer, Arthur, Merchant Navy53MasterKars +
BritishFord, David Cochar Ferguson, Merchant Navy34Second Engineer OfficerKars +
BritishGilmour, James, Merchant Navy27Able SeamanKars +
BritishGilroy, Thomas Edwin, Merchant Navy21Fifth Engineer OfficerKars +
BritishGraham, Harold Victor, Merchant Navy17Deck BoyKars +
BritishHaderup, Robert Morgan, Merchant Navy20Mess Room StewardKars +
BritishHarkins, Hugh, Merchant Navy21Able SeamanKars +
BritishHopkins, Francis, RN30Able Seaman (DEMS gunner)Kars +
BritishKennedy, Frank, Merchant Navy22Fifth Engineer OfficerKars +
BritishKerridge, Edwin Bertie Frank, RNAble Seaman (DEMS gunner)Kars +
BritishLow, William, Merchant Navy47Greaser and FiremanKars +
BritishLynn, John, Merchant Navy33Third Engineer OfficerKars +
BritishMacKinnon, Ewen, Merchant Navy26Able SeamanKars +
BritishMaclean, William, Merchant Navy22Third OfficerKars +
BritishMalcolm, Albert James, Merchant Navy18Assistant StewardKars +
BritishMay, John, Merchant Navy26Able SeamanKars +
BritishMcAulay, Thomas, Merchant Navy22Greaser and FiremanKars +
BritishMcCourt, David, British Army29Gunner (DEMS gunner)Kars +
BritishMcLean, Neil, Merchant Navy26Boatswain (Bosun)Kars +
BritishNewlands, Frederick Ernest, Merchant Navy23Fourth Engineer OfficerKars +
BritishPaterson, John Lang, Merchant Navy29Fifth Engineer OfficerKars +
BritishPeacock, Jack, Merchant Navy28Deck HandKars +
BritishRamshaw, George Douglas Henry, Merchant Navy49Able SeamanKars +
BritishReid, William, Merchant Navy20Able SeamanKars +
BritishRichardson, Herbert, Merchant Navy38Second CookKars +
BritishRuane, Charles Gerald, British Army31Gunner (DEMS gunner)Kars +
BritishStewart, William, Merchant Navy19SailorKars +
BritishTanous, Derrick, Merchant Navy19Deck BoyKars +
BritishWhite, James Anderson, Merchant Navy18Cabin BoyKars +
BritishWhite, Laurence, Merchant Navy20SailorKars +
BritishWieprecht, Henry Carl, Merchant Navy55Chief StewardKars +
BritishWilliams, John Henry, Merchant Navy42Second OfficerKars +
BritishWiseman, Alexander, Merchant Navy34Able SeamanKars +

47 persons found.

Served on indicates the ships we have listed for the person, some were stationed on multiple ships hit by U-boats.

People missing from this listing? Or perhaps additional information?
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