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Chief Engineer Officer John Ritchie

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Military service

Age: 65
Rank: Chief Engineer Officer
Force: Merchant Navy
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Merchant Navy
Division: S.S. Friar Rock (Panama)
Birth: January 1, 1877 Aberdeen, Scotland
Death: January 14, 1942 North Atlantic

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: Panel 20.
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Husband of Elizabeth V. Hogg from Verdun, Montréal, Québec. Father of Jean and Winifred Elizabeth Ritchie.

On 13 January 1942, the Friar Rock left Sydney, Nova Scotia, with convoy SC-64. Forced to turn back at 9:48 am, she was torpedoed by U-130 around 110 miles (177 km) south-west of Cape Race, Newfoundland. She received her first coup de grâce at 10:32 am, followed by a second at around 10:45 am. She quickly sank by the bow, in position 45°51'N/50°52'W. The attack killed 31 crew members. The survivors were rescued by HMS Montgomery (G95).

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Page 218 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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