Ships hit by U-boats


Saint Enogat

British Steam merchant


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NameSaint Enogat
Type:Steam merchant
Tonnage2,360 tons
Completed1918 - Forth Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Alloa 
OwnerT.C. Wilton & Co Ltd, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 
HomeportPlymouth 
Date of attack19 Aug 1944Nationality:      British
 
FateSunk by U-413 (Dietrich Sachse)
Position50° 16'N, 0° 50'W - Grid BF 32
Complement41 (4 dead and 37 survivors).
ConvoyETC-70
RouteLondon - Juno beach, Normandy 
Cargo1427 tons of government stores 
History Completed in September 1918 as British War Clarion for The Shipping Controller, managed by R. Mackie & Co. 1919 sold to France and renamed Saint Enogat for Cie des Chemins de Fer de l´État, Le Havre. 1920 transferred to the Société Maritime Nationale, Paris. In July 1940 seized by Britain at Plymouth and transferred to the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). 
Notes on event

In the evening on 19 Aug 1944 the Saint Enogat (Master Philip Duggan) in convoy ETC-70 was torpedoed and sunk by U-413 southeast of St. Catherine´s Point, Isle of Wight. Three crew members and one gunner were lost. The master, 30 crew members, five gunners and one army storekeeper were picked up by the British landing ship infantry HMS Duke of Argyll and landed at Juno beach.

 
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