Vinemoor
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| Name | Vinemoor | ||
| Type: | Motor merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4,359 tons | ||
| Completed | 1924 - William Doxford & Sons Ltd, Sunderland | ||
| Owner | Walter Runciman & Co Ltd, Newcastle-upon-Tyne | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 26 Jul 1940 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-34 (Wilhelm Rollmann) | ||
| Position | 55.43N, 16.25W - Grid AL 6394 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 32 (0 dead and 32 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | OB-188 | ||
| Route | Manchester - Naura | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 14.47 hours on 26 Jul, 1940, U-34 fired a spread of three torpedoes at ships in convoy OB-188 about 320 miles west of Bloody Foreland and hit two ships with one torpedo each, the Accra and Vinemoor. The Vinemoor (Master David John Jones) settled slowly by the stern and sank the next day in 55°25N/16°05W. The master and 31 crew members were picked up by HMS Clarkia (K 88) (LtCdr F.J.G. Jones), transferred to Hollinside and landed at Liverpool. | ||
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