Tahchee
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| Name | Tahchee | ||
| Type: | Steam tanker | ||
| Tonnage | 6.508 tons | ||
| Completed | 1914 - Sir Raylton Dixon & Co Ltd, Middlesbrough | ||
| Owner | Standard Transportation Co Ltd, Hong Kong | ||
| Homeport | Hong Kong | ||
| Date of attack | 10 Sep, 1941 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Damaged by U-652 (Georg-Werner Fraatz) | ||
| Position | 61.15N, 41.05W - Grid AD 6828 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | ? men (? dead and ? survivors). | ||
| Convoy | SC-42 | ||
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| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 04.52 hours on 10 Sep, 1941, U-652 fired two single torpedoes at ships of the convoy SC-42 northeast of Cape Farewell, heard two detonations after three minutes and reported two ships probably sunk. In fact, Tahchee and Baron Pentland were damaged. The Tachhee was towed to Reykjavik by HMCS Orillia (K 119) (LtCdr W. Edward S. Briggs) of the 24th Escort Group. | ||
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