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SS Fingal (1923)

SS Fingal
SS Fingal in 1942
History
BuilderMoss Værft
Launched1923
Completed17 March 1923
FateSunk 5 May 1943
General characteristics
Tonnage2,137 GRT

SS Fingal was a Norwegian merchant ship of 2,137 tons which was sunk during World War II off the coast of Australia.

Brief history

Fingal was built at Moss Værft, Norway 1923.[1]

In December 1941, the steamer had been damaged by Japanese bombing when en route between Rangoon and Calcutta.[2]

In May 1943, Fingal was under charter to the Australian Government. She was sailing from Sydney to Darwin shipping cargo and ammunition escorted by USS Patterson, crewed by 31 men, mainly Scandinavian, apart from six Australians including two Royal Australian Navy gunners.

At about 1:35pm off Nambucca Heads, New South Wales on 5 May 1943, two torpedoes fired from the Japanese submarine I-180 struck the side of her hull. Fingal sank within a minute and Patterson dropped depth charges and immediately left the area.

Survivors from the sinking ship clung to debris. A RAAF Avro Anson DG696[3] from No. 71 Squadron, crewed by Sergeant Geoffery Gillmore (pilot), Flying Officer Max Sharrad (Navigator) and Sergeant J "Poppa" Hall (WAG),[4] operating out of Coffs Harbour was escorting her at the time, flying about 10 miles (16 km) ahead of the ship. DG696 saw that she had been hit by a torpedo, returned to the area, found the survivors and advised Patterson. The survivors were picked up after spending four hours in the sea; 19 of the crew survived. Patterson dropped off the survivors at Newcastle at 9:00am on 6 May 1943.

Twelve men were killed in the sinking, including the captain, chief officer and all the engineers.[5]

References

  1. ^ Lawson, Siri. "D/S Fingal". Norwegian Merchant Fleet 1939-1945. Warsailors. Retrieved 5 February 2008.
  2. ^ Kindall, Don. "British and Other Navies in World War 2 Day-by-Day". Naval History. Naval Events, December 1941 (Part 2 of 2) Monday 15th – Wednesday 31st. Retrieved 5 February 2008.
  3. ^ Gillmore, Geoffery, Fl.Sgt. Pilots Logbook.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ Odgers, George (1968). "Chapter 9. Anti-Submarine Operations in 1943". Air (pdf). Official Histories. Australia in the War of 1939–1945. Vol. II – Air War Against Japan, 1943–1945. p. 146. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 16 August 2013. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  5. ^ "New South Wales Shipwrecks". Encyclopedia of Australian Shipwrecks. Oceans Enterprises. Retrieved 5 February 2008.

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