Arthur F. Corwin
British Motor tanker
Name | Arthur F. Corwin | ||
Type: | Motor tanker | ||
Tonnage | 10,516 tons | ||
Completed | 1938 - Blohm & Voss, Hamburg | ||
Owner | Oriental Tankers Ltd (Standard Transp. Co Ltd), Hong Kong | ||
Homeport | London | ||
Date of attack | 13 Feb 1941 | Nationality: British | |
Fate | Sunk by U-96 (Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock) | ||
Position | 60° 25'N, 17° 11'W - Grid AL 3281 | ||
Complement | 46 (46 dead - no survivors) | ||
Convoy | HX-106 (straggler) | ||
Route | Aruba - Halifax - Avonmouth | ||
Cargo | 14,500 tons of motor spirit | ||
History | Completed in August 1938 | ||
Notes on event | At 16.25 hours on 13 February 1941, U-103 (Schütze) damaged the Arthur F. Corwin (Master John Lawrence Gant), a straggler from convoy HX-106, with two torpedoes southeast of Iceland. The U-boat then left the burning tanker in a sinking condition. At 19.50 hours the same day, U-96 came across the wreck of Arthur F. Corwin which was still afloat and sank her with two coups de grâce. The master, 44 crew members and one gunner were lost. | ||
On board | We have details of 46 people who were on board. |
Attack entries for Arthur F. Corwin
Date | U-boat | Commander | Loss type | Tons | Nat. |
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13 Feb 1941 | U-103 | KrvKpt. Viktor Schütze | Damaged | 10,516 | |
13 Feb 1941 | U-96 | Kptlt. Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock | Sunk | 10,516 |
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