14./15.01.1944: Collision of SAINTE MAXIME and WENDELL PHILIPPS

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Darius
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14./15.01.1944: Collision of SAINTE MAXIME and WENDELL PHILIPPS

Post by Darius » Sat Dec 21, 2019 5:14 pm

Hi,

I´m looking for more details on the collision which occured here:
14./15.01.1944 off Cape Bone french steamer SAINTE MAXIME (4051 BRT, b. 1911) was sunk in collision with the US Liberty-type vessel WENDELL PHILIPPS.

Where this vessels in a convoy? Any data on voyage, losses, escorts?

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Darius
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t-geronimo
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Re: 14./15.01.1944: Collision of SAINTE MAXIME and WENDELL PHILIPPS

Post by t-geronimo » Sat Dec 21, 2019 5:46 pm

Wendell Phillips was part of convoy KMS 37, but Sainte Maxime was not:

http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/kms/index.h ... 7!~kmsmain
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Re: 14./15.01.1944: Collision of SAINTE MAXIME and WENDELL PHILIPPS

Post by Jordi Comas » Sat Dec 21, 2019 10:10 pm

Hi Thorsten,

Sainte Maxime was sailing from Naples to Bizerta while convoy KMS-37 was on route from Gibraltar to Port Said.

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Re: 14./15.01.1944: Collision of SAINTE MAXIME and WENDELL PHILIPPS

Post by Darius » Thu Dec 26, 2019 6:32 pm

Thank you for these additions.

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Darius
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