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Merchant Vessels (excluding Commissioned Merchant Vessels) of all tonnages REPORTED damaged by Enemy Action.

Date.

Name and

Tonnage.

Nationality.

Cargo.

From-

To-

Cause.

In Convoy

or not.*

Position.

Extent of Damage.

A/C. B.

Cardiff

360 miles West

of Bloody Fore- land

Not

Methil Roads

Jan. 2

Loch Dee

British

(5,252 tons)

Jan.

5

Temple Moat (4,427 tons)

British

Coal

Blyth

Buenos

A/C. B.

Yes

Aires

Jan. 8

M/V Nigerstroom Dutch

London

Calcutta

A/C.

(4,639 tons)

Jan. 9

M/V Dorset

British

Cardiff

Swansea

Mine

Not

Off Cardiff

Coast

(646 tons)

an. 11

M/V Tanker

British

Ballast

Avonmouth Curacoa

Mine

Not

British. Fidelity

(8,465 tons)

Jan. 11

Greyfriars

British

(1,142 tons)

Portsmouth Blyth

A/C.

Yes

Jan. 12

M/V Tijuca

Jan. 14

(5,498 tons) Eumaeus

Norwegian

British

Govern-

Liverpool

.. Singapore

(7,472 tons)

ment

service

and

Shanghai

(via Cape)

One mile South of Flatholm, Bristol Channel

One mile West of 59A buoy off Grimsby

Casualties to Crew and Other Remarks.

Extensive damage to 1 killed. boilers and bulkheads

by explosion of delay action bomb

Arrived Gareloch Janu- ary 9 leaking in No. 4 hold.

Damaged in engine

room.

Proceeded

Grangemouth for re-

pairs.

Towed into Penarth No casualties.

Dock January 11 seriously damaged Engines totally dis- abled; arrived Car- diff in tow 18:00 Janu- ary 11 and docked. Floated ashore off Skeg- ness. Attempt to tow off failed. Tugs in attendance---fur-

ther effort to refloat

being made

15

landed; killed, 3 injured.

5

Arrived Barry Dock. No casualties.

Damage not serious

Mine

Not

Off Cardiff

S/M.

Not

112 miles West Torpedoed of Freetown

* This information is provisional and may be modified subsequently on receipt of Commodore's report.

305 picked up.

100

Approx.

naval ratings were passengers in ship.

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