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Coulmore

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NameCoulmore
Type:Steam merchant
Tonnage3.670 tons
Completed1936 - Ayrshire Dockyard Co Ltd, Irvine 
OwnerLambert Brothers Ltd, London 
HomeportGlasgow 
Date of attack10 Mar, 1943Nationality:      British
 
FateDamaged by U-229 (Robert Schetelig)
Position58.48N, 22.00W - Grid AL 2537
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Complement43 (25 dead and 18 survivors).
ConvoySC-121 
RoutePhiladelphia - London 
CargoGeneral cargo 
History  
Notes on loss At 01.04 hours on 10 Mar, 1943, U-229 fired a torpedo at the convoy SC-121 south of Reykjavik, followed by a spread of two torpedoes at 01.05 hours and reported two ships sunk and another damaged. In fact, the torpedoes hit Nailsea Court, which was sunk and the Coulmore, which was damaged and managed to reach port safely.
At 11.15 hours the same day, the U-boat attacked the convoy a second time in grid AL 2622, heard detonations after 2 minutes 45 seconds and 4 minutes 15 seconds and reported one ship damaged and another probably damaged. No ship was hit at this time, but the British steam merchant Scorton in station #52 saw one torpedo that missed. 


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