I'd like to thank the three people who sent me excellent details about this ship's loss. My correspondent's ancestor had died during the incident. best regards   Reg Davies http://www.welshmariners.org.uk/   ________________________________ From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, 18 June 2013, 8:00 Subject: MARINERS Digest, Vol 8, Issue 231 Today's Topics:   1. ss Henry Stanley (REGINALD DAVIES)   2. Re: ss Henry Stanley (Graham Read)   3. Re: ss Henry Stanley (Ted Finch) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:12:43 +0100 (BST) From: REGINALD DAVIES <[email protected]> Subject: [MAR] ss Henry Stanley To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Message-ID:     <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 I'm trying to find more about the fate of the?Henry Stanley.?A correspondent to my website says?said that the S.S. (M.V.?)  Henry Stanley, was torpedoed by? a German U boat on 6th Dec. 1942.  Apart from the Captain, Richard Jones, who was taken prisoner, all the crew and  passengers were lost at sea, N.W. of the Azores.? ? Is there any more detailed information about this event available?? Are there any publications or sources which can help study losses of ships?in World War Two? ? Reg Davies http://www.welshmariners.org.uk/ ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:55:06 +0100 From: Graham Read <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [MAR] ss Henry Stanley To: REGINALD DAVIES <[email protected]>,     [email protected] Message-ID:     <[email protected]om> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hi Reg,  I tried Google and this appeared.  Subject to checking -of course - this looks like your ship. Graham Elder Dempster Line SS Henry Stanley. GRT 5026. Built 1929 6.12.42:Torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-103 (Jansen), part of the "Westwall" patrol group of sixteen U-boats, in the Atlantic 580 miles NW of the Azores, in position 40.35N 39.40W while on a voyage from Liverpool 26.11.42 to Freetown and Lagos, with 11 passengers and 4000 tons of general cargo including explosives and bags of mail, a straggler from convoy ON 149 comprising 50 ships. The Master, Capt Richard Jones, was taken prisoner, landed at Lorient 29.12.42 and taken to Milag Nord. 44 crew, 8 gunners and passengers were lost. Capt Jones was the only survivor. Source: British and Commonwealth Merchant Ships Losses 1939 - 1945 by AJ Tennent. Disasters at Sea by Hocking. On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 5:12 PM, REGINALD DAVIES <[email protected] > wrote: > I'm trying to find more about the fate of the Henry Stanley. A > correspondent to my website says said that the S.S. (M.V.?)  Henry Stanley, > was torpedoed by  a German U boat on 6th Dec. 1942.  Apart from the > Captain, Richard Jones, who was taken prisoner, all the crew and >  passengers were lost at sea, N.W. of the Azores. > > Is there any more detailed information about this event available? > Are there any publications or sources which can help study losses of > ships in World War Two? > > Reg Davies > http://www.welshmariners.org.uk/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:52:54 +0100 From: Ted Finch <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [MAR] ss Henry Stanley To: REGINALD DAVIES <[email protected]>,     [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Hi Reg, Further to Graham's reply, Elder Dempster fleet history by Cowden & Duffy gives - Janssen first sighted Henry Stanley at 19.45hrs but lost sight of her in a rain squall at 20.30 hrs. She was resighted after dark and Janssen attacked on the surface firing one torpedo from the bow tube. This missed so a second torpedo was fired which also missed as the ship, having seen the first one's wake went hard a port. At 23.59 Janssen fired a third torpedo at a range of 1000 metres which hit forward. The ship was stopped and lowered her boats and at 00.37 the master was picked up by the U.103 and taken prisoner. In order to sink the ship, Janssen fired a fourth torpedo at 01.40 which caused a huge explosion from the cargo of dynamite. 52 crew and 10 passengers in four boats were never seen again and are thought perished in the gale which followed the sinking. Capt. Jones was released in April 1945. U.103 was bombed and sunk at Kiel on 15th Apr.1945. regards Ted On 17/06/2013 17:12, REGINALD DAVIES wrote: > I'm trying to find more about the fate of the Henry Stanley. A correspondent to my website says said that the S.S. (M.V.?)  Henry Stanley, was torpedoed by  a German U boat on 6th Dec. 1942.  Apart from the Captain, Richard Jones, who was taken prisoner, all the crew and  passengers were lost at sea, N.W. of the Azores. >  > Is there any more detailed information about this event available? > Are there any publications or sources which can help study losses of ships in World War Two? >  > Reg Davies > http://www.welshmariners.org.uk/ >  > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------ To contact the MARINERS list administrator, send an email to [email protected] To post a message to the MARINERS mailing list, send an email to [email protected] __________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. 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