Allied Ships hit by U-boats


Frank B. Baird


NameFrank B. Baird
Type:Steam merchant
Tonnage1,748 tons
Completed1923 - Napier & Miller Ltd, Old Kilpatrick, Glasgow 
OwnerUpper Lakes & St. Lawrence Transportation Co Ltd, Toronto 
HomeportToronto 
Date of attack22 May 1942Nationality:      Canadian
 
FateSunk by U-158 (Erwin Rostin)
Position28.03N, 58.50W - Grid DD 94
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Complement23 (0 dead and 23 survivors).
Convoy
RouteDemerara, British Guiana - Sydney 
Cargo2457 tons of bauxite 
History  
Notes on loss On 22 May 1942, the unescorted Frank B. Baird (Master Charles Swanson Tate) was sunk by gunfire by U-158 east-southeast of Bermuda. The master and 22 crew members were picked up by the Norwegian merchant Talisman and landed at Point Noire, French Equatrorial Africa. 


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