2880 x 4273 px | 24,4 x 36,2 cm | 9,6 x 14,2 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
14. April 2016
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Memorial to SS Gretafield at Dunbeath At 01.35 hours on 14 Feb 1940 the unescorted Gretafield (Master Ernst Derricks), a straggler from convoy HX-18, was hit by one G7a torpedo from U-57 southeast of Noss Head. The tanker caught fire after being hit aft at 01.48 hours. Ten crew members and one gunner were lost. The master and 29 crew members were picked up by the British armed trawlers HMS Peggy Nutten (Skipper J.C. Taylor) and HMS Strathalladale and landed at Wick. The burning Gretafield drifted ashore at Dunbeath
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