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Pacific Grove

Name Pacific Grove Type: Motor merchant Tonnage 7,117 tons Completed 1928 - Deutsche Werke AG, Kiel Owner Furness, Withy & Co Ltd, Liverpool Homeport London Date of attack 12 Apr 1943 Nationality: British Fate Sunk by U-563 (G?tz von Hartmann) Position 54? 10'N, 30? 00'W - Grid AK 6721 Complement 67 (11 dead and 56 survivors). Convoy HX-232 Route New York (1 Apr) - Halifax - Glasgow Cargo 8684 tons of general cargo, including diesel oil History Completed in April 1928 Notes on event Between 04.38 and 04.46 hours on 12 April 1943, U-563 (von Hartmann) fired torpedoes at the convoy HX-232 southeast of Cape Farewell and reported three ships sunk and one damaged. The Pacific Grove and Ulysses were sunk and the Fresno City was damaged (later finished off by U-706). At 08.42 hours, U-168 (Pich) observed a burning tanker and U-706 (Zitzewitz) reported a burning vessel being sunk by an escort vessel, probably one of the ships hit by U-563. Ten crew members and one gunner from the Pacific Grove (Master Evan William Pritchard) were lost. The master, 38 crew members, one gunner and 16 passengers were picked up by HMS Azalea (K 25) (Lt G.C. Geddes, RNR) and landed at Gourock.

Username	surveychile
Armatore	Furness, Withy & Co Ltd,
Ship manager
Numero IMO
Classificazione	General Cargo
Cantiere e anno di costruzione	1928 Deutsche Werke AG
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Aggiunta il	12/08/2015
Dimensioni	1200 x 803
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