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On 27 August 1941, at 2:05 am, while sailing with convoy OS-4, Tremoda was torpedoed by U-557 west of the Achill Islands, west of Ireland, and sunk in position 53°36'N/18°40'W. The captain, 25 crew members and 6 gunners lost their lives. The 20 shipwrecked sailors and one gunner were rescued by the Free French frigate Chevreuil, which landed them in Kingston, Jamaica.
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Page 261 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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