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Subject: Re: Survivors on Port Au Prince

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Raymond Lloyd

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Date Posted: 28/02/08 4:09pm
In reply to: Patrick Horrigan 's message, "Re: Survivors on Port Au Prince" on 27/02/08 9:16pm

Patrick,
It would seem that you might well be spot on with Hardwicke Grange.

At 08.54 hours on 12 Jun, 1942, the unescorted Hardwicke Grange (Master Timothy McNamara) was torpedoed twice by U-129 north of Puerto Rico near the Tropic of Cancer. The U-boat surfaced approximately one mile away two points of port bow and fired 26 high explosive rounds from the 10.5cm deck gun. First, the navigating bridge was shelled, causing fires amidships. Then the fire was concentrated on the hull about the port bow until the vessel sank. Three crew members, the third engineer and two greasers, were lost on watch below. The master and 19 survivors landed at Monte Cristi, Dominican Republic after 13 days in a lifeboat. 23 survivors were picked up by the Athelprince and landed at Nuevitas, Cuba. 16 survivors landed at M�le St.Nicolas, Republic of Haiti. The first officer, second engineer and 14 crew members were rescued by an unknown ship and landed at Jamaica.

The master, Timothy McNamara, was awarded the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for bravery at sea.

Does this seem that it may be the one? If it is she had a chequered career being holed and beached in 1939 repaired only to be holed again in 1941, repaired and sailed on until the above incident. In the first incident she had to induce a list in order to raise the waterline hole up, to enable an iron plate to be welded over the gash. Quite a boat.
Hope the above is helpful.
Regards, Ray.

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