Helen Forsey
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| Name | Helen Forsey | ||
| Type: | Sailing ship | ||
| Tonnage | 167 tons | ||
| Completed | 1929 - Smith & Rhuland Shipbuilding Ltd, Lunenburg NS | ||
| Owner | William Forsey Ltd, Lunenburg NS | ||
| Homeport | Lunenburg | ||
| Date of attack | 6 Sep, 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-514 (Hans-Jürgen Auffermann) | ||
| Position | 28.35N, 57.35W - Grid DD 9282 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 6 (2 dead and 4 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Barbados - Bermuda - St. Johns, Newfoundland | ||
| Cargo | 180 tons of molasses and rum | ||
| History | built as J. Smith, 1936 renamed Helen Forsey The Helen Forsey picked up 44 survivors from the Loch Don, which had been sunk by U-202 (Linder) on 1 April and landed them at Burin, Newfoundland. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 11.00 hours on 6 Sep, 1942, U-514 began shelling the unarmed schooner Helen Forsey (Master John Ralph), setting her on fire and causing her to sink at 12.16 hours. Two crew members died in the shelling. The master and three crew members abandoned ship in a lifeboat and landed in Bermuda on 19 September, after a voyage of about 300 miles. | ||
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