MERCHANT MARINE SHIPS ON WHICH CARIBBEAN NATIONALS DIED

In his book The U Boat War in the Caribbean, Gaylord Kelshall writes that over 300 Merchant Vessels were sunk or damaged by U-Boats for a loss of 17 U-Boats, in the Caribbean Theatre. Click on the following maps to view: - Shipping Losses - Caribbean Theatre ; U-Boat Losses - Caribbean Theatre 1942-1943 ; U-Boat Dispositions - 15 June 1942 ; U-Boat Dispositions - 15 July 1943

This page lists the names of the ships on which Caribbean nationals were killed worldwide during WW2
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Sources: http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/merchant_navy_losses; uboat.net; http://www.mercantilemarine.org; The U-Boat War in the Caribbean - GTM Kelshall

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ALCOA TRANSPORT  WW2 (HOSEIN_Herbert Fitz Allen - MN)

AMAKURA  WW2 (ATHERLEY_Theodore - MN)

ARICA  WW2 (CLARKE_James Fitz Aubrey Arthur, GREAVES_Edward, MORRIS_Joseph Nathaniel - MN)

ASHCREST   WW2  (RAMIE_Claude, WEEKES_Clyde - MN)

AURILLAC   WW2  Steamship, British. 4,733 tons. Cargo: Manganese Ore.  Route: From Takoradi to Workington. Not in convoy. Sunk by torpedo, 470 miles West of Cape St. Vincent 15/04/1941 (battleships-cruisers.co.uk). Fate of crew: 22 landed Madeira, 19 picked up by Portugese ship, 1 died (ANDREWS_Reginald, of Jamaica - MN cf). Source: War Cabinet Weekly Resume 24/4/41-01/05/41. Also - Aurillac 7733 tons, Built 1921, 15/04/41: Torpedoed and sunk by gunfire by Italian submarine Enrico Tazzoli ( Carlo Fecia di Cossato awarded Knight Cross 19/03/43, died 27/08/44 ), in the Atlantic west of Madeira, in position 37.09N/18.42W while sailing independently on a voyage from Takoradi, Gold Coast to Workington via Madeira, with a cargo of 5500 tons of manganese ore and 70 tons of willow. The master, Capt Alec Charles Radley and 20 survivors landed on the island of Porto Santo and were brought to Funchal. The Chief Officer and 18 survivors were rescued by Portuguese ship Gorgulho on 25th 04/41 and landed at Madiera. One crewman was lost. " Merchant Ship Losses", page 35, Alan Tennent
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BAJA CALIFORNIA WW2 (BARROW_Raymond, HEWIE_Roland, MEJIA_Luis - MN)

BENALBANACH  WW2 (FRASER_Archibald Richard - MN)

BUSHROD WASHINGTON WW2 Liberty ship, Bombed and sank 14 Sep 1943, Med - Black Sea,  with loss of 6 crew and 4 Naval Air Guard ( ROMERO_Hilario MN)


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CARARE  WW2 (EDWARDS_Enid Joyce Miss, LAWRENCE_Vera Agatha Miss - Civilians = 2) Steamship, 6,878 tons, sunk by mine 28 May 1940

CARIBSEA WW2 (TEWARIE_Kenneth Dyan - MN)

CARMONA WW2 (CASPARD_Michael J. - MN)

CASTILLA WW2 (VALENZUELA_Antonio - MN)

CITY OF BENARES  WW2 (DEANE_Maud Goringe Mrs. - Civilian)

CLARISSA RADCLIFFE WW2 (PRENDERGAST_Roy Sylvester Anthony - MN)

CULEBRA WW2 (BROWN_Alfred Cornelius, EBANKS_Desmond Neulison, SCOTT_Albert Edison - MN)


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DAVID H. ATWATER WW2 (HOLDER_Charles - MN)

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EMPIRE BLANDA WW2 (EVES_Keith Leopold - MN)

EMPIRE ENDURANCE WW2 (TAYLOR_David Haig - MN)

EMPIRE EXPLORER - See INANDA

EMPIRE LYTTON WW2 (COOKE_Ernest McArthur - MN)

EMPIRE NOMAD WW2 (SCOTT_Edgar Darcy - MN)


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GURNEY E. NEWLIN  WW2 (BANKS_Roy Ashby, BUSH_Denham Verley - MN)

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HENRI MORY WW2 (BURGESS_Howard Sinclair - MN)


HENRY B PLANT WW2 (BROOKS_Wellwyn - MN)


HEREDIA WW2 (LORD_Archibald Stanley - MN)


HOLMSIDE WW2 (EBANKS_Hazmah - MN)


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INANDA  WW2 (ALLEN_E, SCOTT_William Edward) Built in 1925. 1940 bombed and sunk in London Docks (when Allen E Scott was killed), repaired and renamed Empire Explorer for Ministry of Supply, managed by T & J. Harrison, 1942 torpedoed, shelled and sunk by U-Boat off Trinidad. Source: theshipslist.com


INVERDAGLE WW2 (BYNOE_Lionel, CROSS_Bertie, McMILLAN_Hugh, RICE_Preston, TAYLOR_Ethelbert, WYKE_Ivan - MN 6)



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JAMAICA PROGRESS WW2 (COHEN_Ivan Ephraim CWD)

JOHN A. HOLLOWAY   WW2 (DAVIS_William)


JOHN L MOTLEY WW2 Source: Ahoy- Macs web log (CONTRERAS_Antonio A., ROVELO_Marco Soto MN)


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LA CARRIERE  WW2 (CAESAR_John, HORSFORD_Lawrence, LAVIEST_Esau Emanuel, MATTHIAS_Walter - MN)

LADY DRAKE  WW2 (COZIER_Emanuel, WHITE_Hewley Edward, WILBOURNE_David, YEARWOOD_Anthony - Merchant Navy = 4;| BRADSHAW_Andrew R, GREENIDGE_Oscar, HAMBLIN_Eric Seymour, REID_Cuthbert Alleyne, REID_Thomas - Civilians = 5)

LADY HAWKINS  WW2 (ARCHER_Frank Archibald, BLAKE_Donald Stanley, BLANCHARD_Charles Henry, MAYERS_Dudley De Courcey, MOORE_Leopold Darvon, BRERETON_John Nathaniel, BRERETON_Samuel, BUTCHER_Frank C, CALDER_Byron, CAMPBELL_Witson Bazil, DANIELS_Clifford Adolphus, DEWEVER_Joshua Arnold, DIXON_Colridge Chamberlain, DIXON_Daniel, FORDE_Edmund Otha, JAMES_Ernest August, JONES_Obyrne Justin, LEWIS_James Alexander, LINTON_Evans Clairmonte, MAYNARD_Aubrey Fitzgerald, MCRAE_Ulric Valentine, MERRIMAN_Walter Winfred, NURSE_Herman St Clair, NURSE_John Wolverton, PHILLIPS_Laurie James, RAMDAYHAN_Renwick, RIVIERA_Austin Oslyn, SEALES_Donald Oscar, SEALES_Ralph Henry, SOBERS_Shamont, WILLOUGHBY_Oswald Edgar - Merchant Navy = 31. | BOYACK_Nina, BOYACK_Ronald Corrie, CHARLES_James, COLLIE_Joseph Hugh, COZIER_Miss F., HADLEY_Eva, JOYNES_Elma Isabel, KETCHUM_Mrs. M. A., MAINGOT_Mrs., McELROY_Mrs. S. W., McELROY_J. W., McLEAN_Helen, MILLAN_Charles Emilus, PANTIN_Ivy Josephine, THEOBALDS_E. H. R. - Civilians = 15)


LT COL LAWRENCE O MATTHEWS WW2 (McLOUGHLIN_Arthur O. MN)

LLANDILO WW2 (WATLER_James Ladner - MN)


LOSMAR WW2 U.S. freighter Losmar is sunk by Japanese submarine I-165 about 250 miles west of Cape Comorin, India, 07°40'N, 74°15'E; of the ship's 9-man Armed Guard detachment, 3 are lost when she sinks. British ship Louise Moller will rescue 14 survivors on 5 October; seven survivors will reach the west coast of Ceylon by boat on 17 October 1942. source: Warships of WW2 (DEAN_Kamahu, SULLIVAN_Sidney MN)


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MANAQUI WW2 Steamship, 2,802, submarine (RANDALL_Walter Samuel, MN)

MARCONI WW2 (BEND_Shelston, JAMES_George MN)

MATINA  WW2 (CLARE_William, FINZI_George Earle Winston MN)

MIRAFLORES  WW2 See also AtlanticDivers website (GAUTIER_Jose R., WALLER_Otis,)

MODESTA WW2 (LASHLEY_Cyril, SEALY_Clement, WALDRON_Lewis - MN - All from Trinidad)



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NARRAGANSETT WW2 ( EBANKS_Ewald Aldon)

NEREUS WW2 ( ISAAC_Samuel)

NERISSA WW2 ( EVELYN_John,  HOWARD_Benjamin, WAKEFIELD_Richard Theodore MN)

NIMBA WW2 ( CHUNG_Lloyd Challenor {newspaper reports spells name as Chung, Chang and Chan} , HARRIS_Albert )

NORDEFLINGE WW2 Steamship 2.873 Aircraft Bombed (JEFFERS_Reynold Gladstone) Convoy KMS51. See convoyweb.org.uk for full details

NORFOLK WW2 ( HUGHES_Edwin)


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OLANCHO WW2 ( SERRANO_Reuben)

OLGA WW2 ( XAVIER_Charles)



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POMPOON WW2 (MEJIA_Adolfo, PAGE_William, RIDDOCK_Stanley)

PRESODOC WW2 Spelt Presodoc on CWGC and as Prescodoc on other sites - ( AUSTIN_Henry, KING_Frederick Bruce)

PROTEUS WW2 (GEORGE_Frank, GOODING_Joseph, HUTT_Percival F., QUAIL_Carl Creighton, QUEELEY_William, TULLOCH_Sydney S. )

PUNTA GORDO WW2 PUNTA GORDA (Owned by British Mexican Petroleum) official number 160460 built in 1928 was in collision with another tanker the 1926 built AMPETCO (Standard American Petroleum Co) on 18/9/1944 while on a voyage from Lake Maracaibo to Aruba. PUNTA GORDA caught fire and broke in two before she sank about 5 miles off Cabo San Roman, Venezuela. AMPETCO was declared a constructive total loss (CTL) towed to ARUBA and sunk as a target. Honorary British Empire Medal (Civil Division) (GB)   February 1945   Boatswain, s.s. “Punta Gorda” (Largo Shipping Company Ltd., London S.W.1)  The tanker “Punta Gorda”, on a voyage from Venezuela to San Nicolas, Aruba, collided with the Belgian tanker “Ampetco”, on 18th September 1944.  The “Punta Gorda”, which was carrying a cargo of crude oil, caught fire and sank. The “Ampetco” was also set on fire and badly damaged. The loss of life was heavy. Of a crew of twenty-five on board the “Punta Gorda”, only five were saved.  Boatswain Heiliger displayed gallantry of high order throughout. When the collision occurred he made outstanding attempts to get the boats and rafts away. Meanwhile, a fireman, seeing that the ship was in flames and fearing she would be destroyed, had jumped in to the water without life jacket, and had got in difficulties. The ship, circling and out of control, passed close to the fireman, who, seeing a boom projecting from the ship’s side, clutched at it and tried to get back on board. Boatswain Heiliger, hearing cries for help, helped him back on board in an exhausted condition. By this act the Boatswain sacrificed a chance of safety in a boat which he had just launched. The fire was now spreading rapidly and, as the ship was sinking, both men were forced to take to the water, over which burning oil was spreading. Once more the fireman was in difficulties, and although there was every incentive to get away as far as possible from the spreading burning oil, Boatswain Heiliger, swam to a life preserver in the vicinity and brought it to the exhausted fireman. Some forty five minutes later both men were rescued by a patrol boat.  But for the brave actions of Boatswain Heiliger, in going to the help of his shipmate, there is little doubt that he would have lost his live. ( CHARLES_Joseph Ira, CICILIA_Claudio Benedicto, DE PALM_Hubert, DELLIMORE_John Maitland, FARRELL_Desmond, MARTIJN_Dominico, SIMMONDS_Benjamin Ezekiel, WOODS_Antonio Duran)



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RIVER LUGAR WW2 (ASHTON_Lennard, MYLES_George Ashley)

ROWALLAN CASTLE WW2 Union-Castle Line. Malta Convoy. Hit by enemy aircraft and later had to be sunk ( HURLSTON_Louis Colborn)

RUTLAND WW2 (BAIRD_George Holden, POTTS_W.W.,  CWD)



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SAMALA WW2 ( MELVILLE_John Dennis CWD)

SAN BLAS WW2 ( ARZU_Cesareo, BODDEN_Albert, BROOKS_Cleveland, FRANCISCO_Woodrow, GAYLE_Rupert, HERNANDEZ_Carlos, MOLINA_Jose, MURILLO_Francisco, PAZ_Rodolfo, STANLEY_Ricardo, VARELA_Jose, VINDEL_Francisco , MN- All from Honduras)

SARNIADOC WW2 ( DASILVA_Roy, DEFREITAS_Jerome, DEFREITAS_John, PHILLIPPE_Jascintho , MN - all from Guyana)

SIAMESE PRINCE WW2 ( HOLMES_Frederick George MN)

SIMON BOLIVAR WW2 Dutch passenger ship owned by the Royal Netherlands Steamship Company, 8,309 tons, enroute from Rotterdam to Tilbury, when she struck a magnetic mine about 25 miles from Harwich at about 12:30hrs on 18 November 1939. The Captain and 130 passengers were lost according to More Maritime Disasters of WW2. Another source, World War2 Timelines states 80. ( GRACE_Mary Edith, CWD)

SIRE WW2 ( DANIEL_William, RICHARDS_Daniel, STRAKER_James E. - MN - All from Guyana)

SOMME WW2 (LYNCH_Walter, THOMAS_Arthur MN)

SULACO WW2 ( RIVERS_Ernie Elston MN)



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TACOMA STAR WW2 ( DEPASS_Henry Joseph, GEORGE_Wilfred, PETERS_Norman, PHILLIP_Joseph, MN)

TAMBOUR WW2 ( ANDERSON_Robert MN)

TELA WW2 ( BODDEN_Cyril, CARANZA_Reuben, ESCOTI_Jose M., PALENCIA_Jose, SIMONS(SIMMONS)_Alfred, ZUNIGA_Herberto , MN)

TEXAN WW2 (CURIEL_Johannes Josef MN)

TIA JUANA WW2 ( WALKER_Enoch Ditchfield MN)

TOPA TOPA WW2 ( MCCOY_Clarence Edward MN)

TORONDOC WW2 ( BOURNE_Lawrence, GIRAUD_M., HOLDER_Reuben, JARDINE_Augustus, KARNEQUIN_Marcel, WATTS_Urban D., PARIAG_James, REDMOTH_Harry, RODRIGUES_Joseph Victorin - MN , All from Guyana)

TRAVELLER WW2 ( ANDERSON_Frederick William, ATKINS_Garfield, BANCROFT_Mortimer, BLACKETT_Mitchinson, CAVE_Archibald,HAMBLIN_Egbert, KING_Leonard, KING_Wycliffe, LICORISH_Lionel, PILGRIM_Sydney, RILEY_David Sinclair, SMITH_St Clair, THOMPSON_Hilary, TROTMAN_Dowridge Osler, MN - All from Barbados)

TREWORLAS WW2 ( JOSEPH_George MN)

TUNISIA WW2 Steamship, 4,337 tons, Manganese ore, Convoy SL-81, straggled and sunk by aircraft Source: Convoyweb.org.uk ( TATUM_T. , MN)



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UNIWALECO  WW2 (Soodoo_H - MN)


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WASHINGTON See BUSHROD WASHINGTON

WEST IVIS WW2 ( HALL_Chesterfield McDonald MN)

WINAMAC WW2 ( EATON_Henry L., MN)


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ZOUAVE  WW2 ( LYTTLE_Alphonso Constantine - MN)


 

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