Tomlinson Herbert Pridmore
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He was the son of Herbert and Eliza Ann Pridmore, of Old Basford, Nottingham. He was the husband of Florence Annie Pridmore and father of Shirley Lilian and Ann Pridmore; all three killed during the 9/5/1941 Nottingham air raid
PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL Panel 72, Column 1.
Memas
Type: Steam merchant
Tonnage 1,755 tons
Completed 1912 - G. Seebeck AG, Geestemünde
Owner N.D. Courouclis, Piræus
Homeport Piræus
Date of attack 28 Jun 1942 Nationality: Greek
Fate Sunk by U-97 (Friedrich Bürgel)
Position 32° 27'N, 34° 43'E - Grid CP 5953
Complement 25 (8 dead and 17 survivors).
Convoy Metril
Route Alexandria - Port Said - Famagusta
Cargo
History Completed in September 1912 as German Helene Hugo Stinnes 14 for Hugo Stinnes, Königsberg. 1920 taken over by Britain and renamed Corstream for Cory Colliers Ltd, London. 1933 sold to Greece and renamed Aigaion for P. Peloponissios & C. Scrivanos (Ph. Philippacopoulos & Co, Piræus. 1936 renamed Memas for N.D. Courouclis, Piræus.
Notes on event
At 13.16 hours on 28 June 1942, U-97 fired a spread of two torpedoes at a convoy of three merchants with escorts (codenamed Metril) 14 miles south-southwest of Haifa and hit the Zealand, which sank within seconds. At 13.24 hours, a stern torpedo was fired which hit and sunk the Memas.
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