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On 15 February 1941, the Alnmoor was part of convoy SC-21, which sailed from New York to Halifax, Nova Scotia, finishing in Glasgow, Scotland. Pulling astern, she was torpedoed by the Italian submarine Michelle Bianchi 400 nautical miles (460 miles/741 km) south-west of Rockall, Inverness-shire, England, and sunk, position 55°40'N/25°15'W. The entire crew of 42 or 55 sailors, depending on the source, lost their lives.
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Page 162 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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