Thomas Hugh Topping
Assistant Organiser Of Physical Education Notts Education.
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He was the husband of Doris Toping. In 1939, they lived at 6, Byron Terrace, Larch Farm Road, Fishpool, Ravenshead, Nottinghamshire.
CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL 67, 2.
Name San Emiliano
Type: Motor tanker
Tonnage 8,071 tons
Completed 1939 - Harland & Wolff Ltd, Govan, Glasgow
Owner Eagle Oil & Shipping Co Ltd, London
Homeport London
Date of attack 9 Aug 1942 Nationality: British
Fate Sunk by U-155 (Adolf Cornelius Piening)
Position 7° 22'N, 54° 08'W - Grid EO 6134
Complement 48 (40 dead and 8 survivors).
Convoy E-7 (dispersed)
Route Curaçao (29 Jul) - Trinidad (6 Aug) - Table Bay - Suez
Cargo 11,286 tons of aviation spirit
History Completed in April 1939
Notes on event
At 03.24 hours on 9 August 1942 the unescorted San Emiliano (Master James Wilfred Tozer), dispersed from convoy E-7, was hit by one of two torpedoes from U-155 about 450 miles west of Trinidad and sank in flames after breaking in two. The U-boat had to avoid the flames on the water surface by diving. The master, 33 crew members and six gunners were lost. Eight crew members were picked up by a US Army transport and landed at Paramaribo, Suriname.
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