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Rank: | Cook Steward | ||
Ship/Rgn/Sqn No: | Merchant Navy | ||
Name of Rgt or Ship: | S.S. Dungrange (Grangemouth) | ||
Died: | 10/06/1944 | Age: | 29 |
Country of burial: | Lost at Sea | Grave Photo: | Yes |
Cemetery or Memorial: | Tower Hill Memorial | ||
Town Memorial: | Not Listed | ||
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The Dungrange was built in 1914, a coaster its gross register tonnage was 621. A cargo ship, it had made two previous supply trips across to the Normandy bridgehead, when on the 09/06/44, along with S.S. Brackenfield she left the Isle of Wight assembly point loaded with a volatile cargo of cased petrol and ammunition. She was the last ship to leave the assembly point and for protection was flying a barrage balloon. At 0300hrs on the 10/06/44, in position approximately 35 miles north of Normandy, the rating on watch duty noticed a large explosion on the Brackenfield. The Dungrange turned towards Brackenfield to give assistance, when two of the German E-Boats (S177 & S178) returned, to fire a second torpedo which hit the Dungrange on the starboard stern, lifting the stern high out of the water, blowing up the two boilers. Only two crew managed to clear the crippled ship before flames ignited the volatile cargo, sinking the ship in less than two minutes with the loss of 17 lives, which included 6 military gunners. The Dungrange was one of three small cargo vessels to be sunk there that day and she now lies 2 miles north of the Brackenfield in a general depth of 46 metres of water directly north of Courseulles Sur Mer. |
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