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Goodwood

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NameGoodwood
Type:Steam merchant
Tonnage2.796 tons
Completed1937 - S.P. Austin & Son Ltd, Sunderland 
OwnerW. France, Fenwick & Co Ltd, London 
HomeportLondon 
Date of attack10 Sep, 1939Nationality:      British
 
FateSunk by U-15 (Heinz Buchholz)
PositionGrid AN 5856
Complement24 (1 dead and 23 survivors).
Convoy 
RouteTyne - Bayonne 
CargoCoal 
History  
Notes on loss At 06.10 hours on 10 Sep, 1939, the Goodwood (Master Harold Stevendale Hewson) struck a mine laid on 5 September by U-15 and sank one mile southeast of Flamborough Head. The master and 22 crew members were picked up by a fishing boat and landed at Bridlington. 


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