Merchant Prince
British Motor merchant
Name | Merchant Prince | ||
Type: | Motor merchant | ||
Tonnage | 5,229 tons | ||
Completed | 1939 - William Doxford & Sons Ltd, Sunderland | ||
Owner | Drake Shipping Co Ltd, London | ||
Homeport | London | ||
Date of attack | 16 Mar 1943 | Nationality: British | |
Fate | Damaged by U-77 (Otto Hartmann) | ||
Position | 36° 10'N, 0° 30'W - Grid CH 8473 | ||
Complement | 45 (1 dead and 44 survivors). | ||
Convoy | ET-14 | ||
Route | Algiers - Gibraltar | ||
Cargo | Ballast | ||
History | Completed in September 1939 | ||
Notes on event | About 11.20 hours on 16 March 1943, U-77 fired torpedoes at convoy ET-14 northwest of Oran and hit the Hadleigh and Merchant Prince. The Merchant Prince was first abandoned, but reboarded the next day and towed to Oran where the ship was beached. On 8 April, the ship was refloated and continued to the UK after temporary repairs were made at Oran, she arrived in Glasgow on 2 August for permanent repairs. | ||
On board | We have details of 3 people who were on board. |
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