Beignon
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| Name | Beignon | ||
| Type: | Motor merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5.218 tons | ||
| Completed | 1939 - William Doxford & Sons Ltd, Sunderland | ||
| Owner | R.E. Morel & Co Ltd, Cardiff | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 1 Jul, 1940 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-30 (Fritz-Julius Lemp) | ||
| Position | 47.20N, 10.30W - Grid BF 4421 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 117 (6 dead and 111 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | SL-36 | ||
| Route | Freemantle - Freetown (15 Jun) - Newcastle | ||
| Cargo | 8816 tons of wheat | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 00.23 hours on 1 Jul, 1940, U-30 attacked the convoy SL-36 about 300 miles west of Ushant and claimed the sinking of one ship with 7900 tons. This claim is not confirmed by Allied reports. At 04.00 hours, the U-boat attacked again and sank the Beignon. The Beignon (Master William John Croome) had picked up 84 survivors of the Avelona Star, which had been torpedoed by U-43 (Ambrosius) in the same convoy at 22.27 hours on 30 June. Three crew members and three survivors were lost. The master, 29 crew members and 81 survivors were picked up by the HMS Vesper (D 55) (LtCdr W.F.E. Husssey DFC) and HMS Windsor (D 42) (LtCdr P.P.H.R. Pelly) and landed at Plymouth. | ||
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