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On 26 March 1942, convoy PQ-13 was scattered due to very strong winds, while en route to Murmansk, USSR, from Boston, Massachusetts, USA. On 28 March, at 12:20 pm, the Raceland was attacked by a German Ju-88 aircraft and sank at 8 pm about 110 miles (177 km) north of North Cape, Norway, position 72°40'N/20°20'E. Of the 47 sailors on board, 35 died. The remaining 12 were taken prisoner in Tromso, Norway, after having drifted until 2 April. They were interned in Bremen, Germany until May 1945.
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Page 121 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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