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Sailing with the 61-ship convoy SC-118, on February 8, 1943, at 1:42 a.m., the Newton Ash was torpedoed by U-402 700 miles (1127 km) west of Ininstrahull, south of Iceland and sank with 34 crew and five gunners, position 56°25'N/22°26'W. The four survivors were recovered by the US Coast Guard Ship USCGC Ingham (WPG-35) and landed in Reykjavik, Iceland. The attack by a pack of 18 U-boats sent twelve cargo ships to the bottom and three submarines sunk.
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Page 92 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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