Vancouver City
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| Name | Vancouver City | ||
| Type: | Motor merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4.955 tons | ||
| Completed | 1930 - William Doxford & Sons Ltd, Sunderland | ||
| Owner | Sir William Reardon Smith & Sons Ltd, Cardiff | ||
| Homeport | Bideford | ||
| Date of attack | 14 Sep, 1939 | Nationality: | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-28 (Günter Kuhnke) | ||
| Position | 51.23N, 07.03W - Grid AM 8966 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 33 (3 dead and 30 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Suva, Fiji - UK | ||
| Cargo | Sugar | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 10.00 hours on 14 Sep, 1939, the unescorted Vancouver City (Master Hugh Charles Egerton) was hit by one torpedo from U-28 and sank about 75 miles west-southwest of Milford Haven. Three crew members were lost. The master and 29 crew members were picked up by the Dutch motor tanker Mamura and landed at Liverpool. | ||
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