Mona Marie
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| Name | Mona Marie | ||
| Type: | Sailing ship | ||
| Tonnage | 126 tons | ||
| Completed | 1920 - J. McGill Shipbuilding & Transportation Co Ltd, Shelburne NS | ||
| Owner | Lemuel J. Ritcey, La Have NS | ||
| Homeport | La Have | ||
| Date of attack | 29 Jun, 1942 | Nationality:  Canadian | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-126 (Ernst Bauer) | ||
| Position | 12.22N, 60.10W - Grid EE 7413 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 8 (0 dead and 8 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Bridgetown, Barbados - Trinidad | ||
| Cargo | Empty oil drums | ||
| History | On 9 May, 1942, the Mona Marie picked up eight survivors from the Mont Louis, which had been sunk by U-162 (Wattenberg) the same day and landed them at Georgetown on 10 May. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 01.25 hours on 29 Jun, 1942, the schooner Mona Marie was stopped by U-126 with machine-gun fire. She was shelled with all weapons after the crew abandoned ship, but did not sink and was left behind as floating wreck. | ||
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