P.L.M. 15
French Steam merchant
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| Name | P.L.M. 15 | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 3,754 tons | ||
| Completed | 1921 - Smith’s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank, Middlesbrough | ||
| Owner | Société Maritime de Transports et d’Affrètements, Rouen | ||
| Homeport | Rouen | ||
| Date of attack | 18 Feb 1940 | Nationality:  French | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-37 (Werner Hartmann) | ||
| Position | 43° 37'N, 9° 15'W - Grid BF 7837 | ||
| Complement | 42 (42 dead - no survivors) | ||
| Convoy | 65-KS (straggler) | ||
| Route | Pepel, Sierra Leone - Casablanca - Brest | ||
| Cargo | Ore | ||
| History | Completed in October 1921 | ||
| Notes on event | At 08.23 hours on 18 Feb 1940, U-37 fired one torpedo at the P.L.M. 15, a straggler from convoy 65-KS and observed how the ships sank within 40 seconds after being hit amidships about 30 miles from Cape Villano. The master, 36 crew members and five gunners were lost. | ||
| On board | We have details of 15 people who were on board. | ||
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