Lindenhall - Lives lost 1942

Master: 1942 Frederick Aggebec Kjelgaard.

In convoy TAG-19 on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro for Trinidad & New York with a cargo of iron-ore & a total complement of 48 Lindenhall was torpedoed by German submarine U-508 (Georg Staats) & broke in two & sank 40 miles north of Margarita Island, Venezuela on 7 November 1942. Survivors were picked up by USS Surprise. 4 gunners, the master & 37 of the crew were lost.

Lives lost November 1942: Abdullah Abdo, fireman/trimmer, 42, India; Ahmed Abdulla Hamed, fireman/trimmer, 49; Ali Mohamed, fireman/trimmer, 46; Arnison, Christopher John, 5^th engineer, 22, West Hartlepool; Barnes, Basil Henry, boy, 16; Brewer, Geoffrey, apprentice, 18, Jesmond, Newcastle-on-Tyne; Clark, William Herbert, 4^th engineer, 24, West Hartlepool; Coleman, Herbert Edward, 3^rd officer, 33, West Hartlepool; Craggs, George James Plews, able seaman, 35, Plaistow, Essex; Davison, Alfred, 2^nd engineer, 44, Wingate, Co. Durham; Driver, Edward Thomas, carpenter, 21; Dubai, Ali M, fireman/trimmer, 43; Dunn, Stanley Atkinson, 2^nd officer, 29, Highbury, London; Farrar Mohamed, fireman/trimmer, 44; Forster, Joseph Kenneth, ordinary seaman, 19, Seaton Carew, Hartlepool (son of Joseph William & Dorothy Regina); Freathy, Frederick William, 19, Hornchurch, Essex; Fuller, Frank, steward, 40, Birchgrove, Cardiff; Griffin, George Blaber, cabin boy, 18, Horsham, Sussex; Hammond, Harry Leslie, able seaman, 31; Jeffrey, John, 3^rd engineer, 29, Stanley, Co. Durham; Karika Hassan, fireman/trimmer, 50, South Shields; Kayt Ahmed, donkeyman, 54; Kjelgaard, Frederick Aggebec, master, 48, West Hartlepool (husband of Sarah); Mantle, Eric, 2^nd radio officer, 21, Rawtenstall, Lancs.; Marsh, Charles Leonard, cook, 29, Sturry, Kent; Mohamed, Ali, greaser, 45, South Shields; Mohamed Saleh, fireman/trimmer; O’Neill, John Patrick, boatswain, 44, Cork, Ireland; Raithby, Gordon, 3^rd radio officer, 19; Richardson, Arthur, petty officer, (Royal Navy) aged 37, Hither Green, London; Saleh Mohamed, fireman/trimmer, 44; Scorer, James, able seaman (Royal Navy); Sexton, Cyril Stanley, able seaman, 17, Dagenham, Essex; Taylor, Frank, Sailor, 20; Thrower, Dennis Roy, 1^st radio officer, 24, Blackpool, Lancs.; Trigg, Ernest Harry, able seaman (Royal Navy); Tucker, William Alfred, ables seaman (Royal Navy) aged 21, Clerkenwell, London; Walters, Arthur, apprentice, 17; Walton, George William, chief engineer, 51, West Hartlepool.

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