At 08.07 hours on 30 March 1942 the unescorted Induna (Master William Norman Collins), a straggler from convoy PQ-13 due to bad weather, was hit by one of three torpedoes from U-376 and caught fire northeast of the Kola Inlet. The ship was hit aft by a coup de grâce at 09.32 hours, but only sank by the bow after being missed by a second coup ...

The SS Induna was the name of a British merchant steamboat (5086BRT) that was sunk during WW2. It was built in 1925 by A. Stephen & Sons Ltd. of Glasgow and torpedoed by the German U-boat Friedrich-Karl Marks (U-376) en route from Reykjavík to Murmansk .

2020年3月26日 · Rusting on an Australian riverbank lies Induna, a vessel that played a key role in the launch of Winston Churchill’s political career.

PQ 13 was a British Arctic convoy that delivered war supplies from the Western Allies to the USSR during World War II. The convoy was subject to attack by German air, U-boat and surface forces and suffered the loss of five ships, plus one escort vessel. Fifteen ships arrived safely.

“Induna” and her crew. So the object of our research is the unknown pages of the Second World War. The subject of our research is the story of S.S. “Induna” and her crew. We have taken the story of one ship as an example of hazards of the Arctic Convoys, heroism and courage of sailors, cooperation of different

2020年6月28日 · So what happened to the SS Induna? Well she was purchased by Burns Phillip and from 1904 to 1920 worked the Pacific Islands. She was captured by the Germans during World War I in the Marshall Islands.

INDUNA was a British cargo steamer of 5,086 tons built in 1925. On the 30th March 1942 when on route from New York and Reykjavik for North Russia carrying a cargo of 2,700 tons of war material she was torpedoed by German submarine U …

British seaman served as Defensively Equipped Merchant Ship (DEMS) gunner aboard SS Induna during Convoy PQ 13 in Arctic, 3/1942 including sinking, 30/3/1942; served aboard SS Fort McMurray in Arctic, 1944

The vessel joined Convoy PQ13 in Iceland enroute to Murmansk, Russia. The vessel was bombed on March 28th. James and 15 crew went into lifeboats and were picked up and transferred to the SS Induna (see pic) the next day. The Ballot hobbled to safety. The Induna was torpedoed and sunk by U-376 on March 30th. Again, James and 40 crew took to ...

SS Induna was a British Cargo Steamer of 5,086 tons built in 1925. Launched 26 March 1925. Built by Stephen, Linthouse. Owned by McLay & McIntyre. On the 30th March 1942 when on route from New York and Reykjavik for North Russia carrying a cargo of 2,700 tons of war material she was torpedoed by German submarine U-376 and sunk. Thirty one crew ...