Albert Frederick Cowles
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He was the son of William and Minnie Cowles and the brother of Nellie, Dorothy and Betty Cowles. In 1939, they lived at 26, Kirkstead Avenue, Nottingham.
TOWER HILL MEMORIAL Panel 76.
MV Opawa
MV was a New Zealand Refrigerated Cargo Liner of 10,107 tons built in 1931 by Alexander Stephen & Sons, Glasgow, and Yard No 532 for the New Zealand Shipping Company, London. She was powered by Two nine cylinder 2SCSA Sulzer type oil engines, 9400bhp, twin screws, giving 16 knots. On the 6th February 1942 under the command of Captain W G Evans, Opawa was on a voyage from Lyttelton to Halifax and the Uk with a refrigerated and general cargo. She was torpedoed and shelled by German submarine U-106 when 400 miles NE of Bermuda. Fifty six men were killed including Able Seaman Albert Cowles from Nottingham. Her master was amongst the 15 survivors. (wrecksite.eu)
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