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Director

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NameDirector
Type:Steam merchant
Tonnage5.107 tons
Completed1926 - D. & W. Henderson & Co Ltd, Glasgow 
OwnerT. & J. Harrison, Liverpool 
HomeportLiverpool 
Date of attack15 Jul, 1944Nationality:      British
 
FateSunk by U-198 (Burkhard Heusinger von Waldegg)
Position24.30S, 35.44E - Grid KP 3568
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Complement57 (1 dead and 56 survivors).
Convoy 
RouteMiddlesbrough - Durban - Beira - Seychelles 
Cargo500 tons of general cargo 
History  
Notes on loss On 15 Jul, 1944, the unescorted Director (Master William Weatherall) was torpedoed and sunk by U-198 in the Mozambique Channel southeast of Inhambane, Portuguese East Africa. One crew member was lost. The master, 49 crew members and six gunners were rescued. The master and 14 crew members by the Portuguese sloop Goncalves Zarco and landed at Lourenco Marques. The chief officer, 34 crew members and six gunners landed at Kosi Bay, Portuguese East Africa. 


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