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At 4h am on 17 October 1942, U-432 fired a torpedo at the Barfonn. The huge explosion sank the ship by the stern at 4:48 am after a second torpedo was fired at position 57°00'N/23°34'W. Thirteen crew members and one gunner lost their lives. All 26 survivors were disembarked in Reykjavik, Iceland, on the 24th.
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Commemorated on:
Page 196 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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