President Sergent
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| Name | President Sergent | ||
| Type: | Steam tanker | ||
| Tonnage | 5.344 tons | ||
| Completed | 1923 - Ateliers & Chantiers de France, Dunkirk | ||
| Owner | Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | Hamilton | ||
| Date of attack | 18 Nov, 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-624 (Graf Ulrich von Soden-Fraunhofen) | ||
| Position | 54.07N, 38.26W - Grid AK 4858 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 59 (20 dead and 39 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | ONS-144 | ||
| Route | Liverpool (7 Nov) - New York - Trinidad | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | Built as French Saint Quentin, 1924 renamed President Sergent for SA Purfina Transports, Paris. On 8 Jul, 1940 seized in Bermuda by Britain and transferred to the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). | ||
| Notes on loss | At 06.03 and 06.04 hours on 18 Nov, 1942, U-624 fired torpedoes at the convoy ONS-144 south-southeast of Cape Farewell and reported the sinking of two merchants and one corvette and another merchant damaged. In fact, the President Sergent (the ship of the convoy commodore) and Parismina were sunk and the Yaka damaged, while the HNoMS Montbretia (K 208) was missed by a torpedo. At 09.30 hours, the U-boat had spotted the damaged President Sergent (Master Patrick Gerald Gordon Dove) lying deep in the water with a heavy list and a corvette nearby. After 15 minutes they heard a detonation and sinking noises. 20 crew members were lost. The master, the commodore (Cmdr J.K. Brook CBE DSO RNR RD), six naval staff members, 24 crew members and seven gunners were picked up by the British rescue ship Perth (Master Keith Williamson OBE) and landed at Halifax on 25 November. | ||
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