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On 17 September 1942, the Peterton, away from convoy OG-80, was torpedoed at 1:14 pm by U-109 south-west of the Cape Verde Islands, Africa, position 18°45'N/29°15'W. Eight crew members lost their lives. The captain was taken prisoner of war and taken to Germany. Twelve sailors were rescued after eight days by the SS Empire Whimbrel and landed in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on 11 October. After 49 days adrift, 18 other sailors were rescued by the HMS Canna (T161) and landed in Freetown, Sierra Leone, where one of them died in hospital.
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Page 238 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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