Norman Frederick Osborne
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Son of Harold Victor and Nora Osborne, of Arnold, Nottinghamshire
Name Commander Horton
Type: Steam trawler
Tonnage 227 tons
Completed 1915 - Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd, Goole
Owner Eastern Steam Fishing Co Hull (G. Chapman), Hull
Homeport Hull
Date of attack 27 Apr 1941 Nationality: British
Fate Sunk by U-552 (Erich Topp)
Position 62° 00'N, 16° 00'W - Grid AE 8816
Complement 14 (14 dead - no survivors)
Convoy
Route Hull (22 Apr) - Icelandic fishing grounds
Cargo
History Completed in February 1915 as steam trawler Commander Horton (H233) for Hellyer Steam Fishing Co Ltd, Hull. 1917 requisitioned by the Admiralty and used as armed trawler. 1919 returned to owner. 1923 sold to Eastern Steam Fishing Co Hull (G. Chapman), Hull. 1940 again requisitioned by the Admiralty but shortly thereafter returned to owner.
Notes on event
At 02.10 hours on 27 April 1941 the Commander Horton (Master Ernest Lewis) was torpedoed and sunk by U-552 southwest of Iceland.
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