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On 29 August 1940, Astra II sailed from Tyne, England, to Rimouski, Quebec, with convoy OA-204. At 1:40 a.m., she was torpedoed and sunk by U-100 148 miles (238 km) northwest of Bloody Foreland, Donegal, Ireland, position 56°09'N/12°14'W. Of her 26-man crew, 4 sailors and a gunner lost their lives. The captain and 19 crew members were rescued by the British minesweeper HMS Gleaner (N83).
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Page 143 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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