Clarissa Radcliffe
British Steam merchant
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| Name | Clarissa Radcliffe | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5,754 tons | ||
| Completed | 1915 - Craig, Taylor & Co Ltd, Stockton-on-Tees | ||
| Owner | Evan Thomas Radcliffe & Co, Cardiff | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 18 Mar 1943 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-663 (Heinrich Schmid) | ||
| Position | 52° 21'N, 27° 15'W - Grid AK 9655 | ||
| Complement | 53 (53 dead - no survivors) | ||
| Convoy | SC-122 (straggler) | ||
| Route | Pepel - New York (5 Mar) - Barrow | ||
| Cargo | 8450 tons of iron ore | ||
| History | Launched as Windsor, completed in November 1915 as Gwent for H. & D. Radcliffe, London. 1917 renamed Clarissa Radcliffe for Evan Thomas Radcliffe & Co, Cardiff. | ||
| Notes on event | At 15.40 hours on 18 March 1943 the Clarissa Radcliffe (Master Stuart Gordon Finnes), a straggler from convoy SC-122 since a heavy storm in approx. 42°N/62°W on 9 March, was hit by one torpedo from U-663 and sank immediately about 700 miles southwest of Cape Farewell. At 15.35 hours, the ship had been missed with a spread of three torpedoes because Schmid apparently overestimated her speed. There were no survivors: the master, 42 crew members and ten gunners were lost. | ||
| On board | We have details of 53 people who were on board. | ||
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