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On February 23, 1945, at 1:55 p.m., the Point Pleasant Park, which was about 300 miles (483 km) from the mouth of the Orange River in South Africa, was hit by a torpedo launched by U-510 directly into the crew's quarters, killing eight sailors. At 2:20 p.m., the order to abandon ship was given. At 4:15 p.m., the U-Boat surfaced and sank the wreck with the gun, position 29°42'S/09°58'E.
Digital gallery of Fireman Frederick Wesley Breen
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The Monument at Point Pleasant Park Photographer Janet Atkinson -
Newspaper clipping
From the Owen Sound Sun Times March 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Fireman Frederick Wesley Breen
Digital gallery of
Fireman Frederick Wesley Breen
In the Books of Remembrance
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Page 100 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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