Bertram Smith
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He was the son of Lenton and Effie Smith of 'Poplar Villa', Walesby, Nottinghamshire.
Name Chama
Type: Motor tanker
Tonnage 8,077 tons
Completed 1938 - NV Rotterdamsche Droogdok Mij, Rotterdam
Owner Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co Ltd, London
Homeport London
Date of attack 23 Mar 1941 Nationality: British
Fate Sunk by U-97 (Udo Heilmann)
Position 49° 35'N, 19° 13'W - Grid BE 2428
Complement 59 (59 dead - no survivors)
Convoy OG-56 (straggler)
Route Ardrossan - New York
Cargo Ballast
History Built for NV Petroleum Mij ´La Corona´, The Hague 1939 transferred to Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co Ltd, London
Notes on event
At 23.26 hours on 23 March 1941 the Chama (Master Hubert Stanley Sivell), a straggler from convoy OG-56, was torpedoed and sunk by U-97 west-southwest of Fastnet. The master, 54 crew members and four gunners were lost.
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