SS "Deptford"
Son of Arthur & Merinda Goring, of Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire,
(28)
DEPTFORD SS was a British cargo steamer of 4,101 tons built in 1931 by Smith´s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank, Middlesbrough for Watts, Watts & Co Ltd, London.
On the 13th December 1939 when on route from Narvik - Middlesbrough carrying a cargo of 6,000 tons of iron ore she was torpedoed by German submarine U-38 when 0.24 miles north-northwest of Honningsvaag, Norway and sunk.
32 dead and 5 survivors.
Master was Captain John William Ferguson †
Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?31267
SS "Deptford"
Son of Arthur & Merinda Goring, of Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire,
(28)
DEPTFORD SS was a British cargo steamer of 4,101 tons built in 1931 by Smith´s Dock Co Ltd, South Bank, Middlesbrough for Watts, Watts & Co Ltd, London.
On the 13th December 1939 when on route from Narvik - Middlesbrough carrying a cargo of 6,000 tons of iron ore she was torpedoed by German submarine U-38 when 0.24 miles north-northwest of Honningsvaag, Norway and sunk.
32 dead and 5 survivors.
Master was Captain John William Ferguson †
Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?31267
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