Mildred Pauline
Canadian Sailing ship
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| Name | Mildred Pauline | ||
| Type: | Sailing ship | ||
| Tonnage | 300 tons | ||
| Completed | 1919 - Placentia, Newfoundland | ||
| Owner | R.W. Sainthill & Co, North Sydney NS | ||
| Homeport | Sydney | ||
| Date of attack | 8 May 1942 | Nationality:  Canadian | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-136 (Heinrich Zimmermann) | ||
| Position | 39° 45'N, 55° 26'W - Grid CC 4254 | ||
| Complement | 7 (7 dead - no survivors) | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Barbados (23 Apr) - St. John’s, Newfoundland | ||
| Cargo | |||
| History | Built as Herbert Fearn, later renamed Jean F. McCrea and finally Mildred Pauline. | ||
| Notes on event | At 01.33 hours on 8 May 1942 the unescorted and unarmed Mildred Pauline (Master Abram George Thornhill) was shelled and sunk by U-136 with 102 rounds from the deck gun about 425 miles southeast of Nova Scotia. The vessel had been missed by a torpedo at 00.20 hours. | ||
| On board | We have details of 7 people who were on board. | ||
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