Posted by Visje visje@tref.nl on April 16, 2001.

The Norwegian tanker Astrell was torpedoed and sunk by the submarine U-129 on November 5 1942, in convoy TAG-18. The US tanker Meton was also torpedoed and sunk. The Dutch tanker subsequently sank one of the two with gunfire, I am trying to find out which one that was (note: Astrell apparently broke in two, so she would be the most likely candidate. Meton and Astrell were torpedoed around 0200 hours, and Meton sank around 1200 ). Thanks in advance.

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Posted by Visje on April 16:
Whoops, I made a typo. The Dutch sloop Van Kinsbergen sank one of them with gunfire. Sorry about that....

RESPONSE:

Posted by Axel van Eesbeeck gemyala@netcologne.de on April 16, 2001.

van Kinsbergen sunk Astrell.
Meton sunk "by its own"
Best regards
Axel

Posted by Visje on April 16:
Meton was sunk by its own ? You mean by the US Navy ? I know the escort consisted of US ships (among which the destroyer Lea). Thanks ;)

Posted by Axel van Eesbeeck on April 16:
I mean, Meton sunk after the torpedo from U-129 hit. The ship had not to be scuttled by an escort.

"U.S. tanker Meton, enroute to Cienfuegos, Cuba, in convoy TAG 18, is torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-129 at 12°25'N, 69°20'W; one merchant seaman dies in the attack. Dutch motor torpedo boat MTB 23 rescues the survivors (37 merchant seamen and the 12-man Armed Guard)."

Posted by Visje on April 16:
Ok, got it. Misread that part ;)