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Parracombe - Lives lost 1941

Parracombe left the UK on 17 April 1941 in convoy OG-59 with a cargo of 21 cased Hurricane fighters & their spares & a crew of 47. She departed the convoy to proceed through the Straits for Malta & struck a mine & sank off Cap Bon on 2 May 1941. 18 survivors were made prisoners at Bizerta. 29 lives lost.

Lives lost May 1941: Ahmed Ali, fireman/trimmer, 46; Ali Abddulla, fireman/trimmer, 59; Ali Hamed, greaser, 50; Bowen, Walter, chief engineer, 65, Swansea; Brown, Robert, sailor, 18, Leith, Edinburgh; Campbell, Forbes Deensmuir, 4th engineer, 20; Fage, Ernest John, able seaman (Royal Navy) aged 22, Walthamstow, Essex; Hunt, Jack, able seaman (Royal Navy); Hunt, Victor Eric William, able seaman (Royal Navy) aged 19, Wickford, Essex; Methana Hassan, fireman/trimmer, 44; Nagi Darfullah, greaser, 41; Patterson, William Robert, lieutenant commander, 31, Cardiff; Patton, Andrew William, able seaman, 46 (King’s Commendation for Brave Conduct); Reah, John, sailor, 19, South Shields; Rosenz, Max George, steward, 49, Lancing, Sussex; Thomas, David Dan Haydn, 3rd engineer, 20, Adpar, Wales; Turnbull, Stephen, able seaman; Wickham, Arthur, cook, 62, Cardiff; Wilson, George, able seaman, 29.

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