Rose Schiaffino (ship, 1920)
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The Rose Schiaffino was a cargo ship that was sunk at position 47 ° 30 ′ 29.4 ″ N , 47 ° 10 ′ 41.5 ″ W during World War II . All 41 people on board were killed.
history
The keel of the ship was laid at the Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Company in Blyth under the name War Minaret , but it was launched in 1920 under the name Notton . Until 1923 the ship belonged to WJ Tatem Ltd in Cardiff, then it was owned by the Société Algérienne de navigation Charles Schiaffino & Cie. and was renamed Rose Schiaffino . On January 29, 1941, the Rose Schiaffino was applied by the Scottish near Gibraltar and later taken over by the British Ministry of War Transport and placed under the management of Mark Whitwill & Son from Bristol. On the morning of October 31, 1941, she was hit by a torpedo shot by the U 374 , commanded by Unno von Fischel . In addition to the captain Thomas P. Evans, another 36 crew members and four gunners died.