Saint-Malô
Canadian Steam merchant
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| Name | Saint-Malô | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5,779 tons | ||
| Completed | 1917 - Kawasaki Dockyard Co Ltd, Kobe | ||
| Owner | Merchant Marine Ltd, Ottawa | ||
| Homeport | Ottawa | ||
| Date of attack | 12 Oct 1940 | Nationality:  Canadian | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-101 (Fritz Frauenheim) | ||
| Position | 57° 58'N, 16° 32'W - Grid AM 4214 | ||
| Complement | 44 (28 dead and 16 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | HX-77 (straggler) | ||
| Route | St. John, New Brunswick - Liverpool | ||
| Cargo | 7274 tons of general cargo, including steel and grain | ||
| History | Completed in September 1917 as War Wolf for The Shipping Controller, managed by Furness, Withy & Co Ltd, Liverpool. In January 1920 sold to France and renamed Commandant Mages for Cie des Messageries Maritimes, Dunkirk. 1938 renamed Saint-Malô for Compagnie France-Navigation SA, Dunkirk. In August 1940 taken over by Canada at Halifax. | ||
| Notes on event | At 23.25 hours on 12 Oct 1940 the Saint Malô, a straggler from convoy HX-77, was hit amidships by one torpedo from U-101, broke in two and sank after 30 minutes. 13 Canadian and three French crew members abandoned ship in one lifeboat and some rafts. The U-boat fished the 17 years old ship´s boy out of the water and transferred him to the boat after questioning. | ||
| On board | We have details of 29 people who were on board. | ||
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