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Edwy R. Brown - (1938-1941)
( All photos thanks to the Fam. Bob Purvis )
Presumed to be the oil tanker "Edwy R. Brown" loading at Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1940.
1940 convoy duty in the Atlantic: captioned "a head sea".
The m.v. "Edwy R. Brown", seen here at anchorage in Bedford Basin, Halifax, Nova Scotia, August 1940
10455 tons displacement carrying 14500 tons oil products
sunk by U-103 at 06.33 hours on 17 Feb, 1941 when a straggler to convoy HX-107. The master, 47 crew and 2 gunners dead - no survivors.
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1940: Convoy duty ~ the "Edwy R. Brown" at anchorage Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Officer on deck and the ship's twelve-pounder gun.
Additional information Starke & Schell registers :
EDWY R. BROWN - 1938 BR 1M (aft) (12)
10,455 GRT for Oriental Tankers, Ltd., London (Hong Kong) 490.2 x 70.0
Tanker build by Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico, Monfalcone (4) #1199 166409
1940 - Oriental Trade & Transport Co., Ltd., London (Toronto)
Torpedoed and sunk by U 103, 17 Feb 1941, in convoy 59.50N-19.40W,
voyage Aruba via Bermuda - Liverpool, petroleum products,
missing since dropping from convoy 14 Feb, lost with all hands.
The Miramar Ship Index for "EDWY R. BROWN"
IDNo:
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1166409
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Year:
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1938
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Name:
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EDWY R. BROWN
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Launch Date:
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15.01.1938
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Type:
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Tanker
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Date of completion:
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03.1938
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Flag:
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GBR
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Keel:
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DWT:
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Yard No:
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1199
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Length overall:
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Ship Design:
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LPP:
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149.4
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Country of build:
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ITA
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Beam:
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21.3
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Builder:
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Riuniti Adriatico
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Material of build:
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Location of yard:
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Monfalcone
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Number of screws/Mchy/Speed(kn):
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1D-12
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Subsequent History:
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Disposal Data:
Torpedoed and sunk by U 103 at 61.00 N / 18.00 W on 18.02.1941 (all dead)
History :
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LR/IMO
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ID
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Year
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Name
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Tons
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Name change
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Registered Owner
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166409
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1166409
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1938
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EDWY R. BROWN
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10455
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Oriental Tankers
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Additional information from Uboat.net :
Name: Edwy R. Brown
Type: Motor tanker
Tonnage: 10.455 tons
Completed: 1938 - Cantiere Riuniti dell´Adriatico, Monfalcone
Owner: Oriental Tankers Ltd (Standard Transp. Co Ltd), Hong Kong
Homeport: London
Date of attack: 17 Feb, 1941
Nationality: British
Fate: Sunk by U-103 (Viktor Schütze)
Position: 61N, 18W - Grid AL 2299
- See location on a map -
Complement: 50 (50 dead - no survivors)
Convoy: HX-107 (straggler)
Route: Aruba - Halifax - Liverpool
Cargo: Clean petroleum products
History:
Notes on loss: At 06.33 hours on 17 Feb, 1941, the Edwy R. Brown (Master Andrew Chalmers),
a straggler from convoy HX-107, was torpedoed and sunk by U-103 southeast of Iceland.
The master, 47 crew members and two gunners were lost.