Died at sea. 6th July 1940 (age 57). At 22.16 hours on October 29, 1942, SS Corinaldo, with a cargo of frozen meat from Buenos Aires, was torpedoed and damaged by U-509 and was abandoned. The position was 33.20N, 18.12W (N of the Canary Islands). The drifting vessel was sunk the next day by U-203 after an abortive attempt by U-659. The master (William Anderson), forty-one crew members and eight DEMS gunners were rescued by the HMS Cowslip and landed at Gibraltar. Seven crew members and one DEMS gunner lost their lives. The crew members are commemorated on Tower Hill, Panel 31 and the DEMS gunner on the Chatham Naval Memorial (panel 54.3) and the Folkestone War Memorial.
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