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After leaving Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, on 11 September 1941 with convoy SC-44, the T.J. Williams was torpedoed on 20 September at 1:38 am by U-552 east-north-east of Cape Farewell, Greenland. The tanker sank rapidly by the stern in position 61°34'N/35°11'W. Fifteen crew members and two gunners lost their lives. The captain, 20 sailors and one gunner were rescued by the British corvette HMS Honeysuckle (K27) and landed in Reykjavik, Iceland.
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Page 194 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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