Abbekerk leaves Trinidad for England
15 August 1942. The empty ship took an astonishing amount of sugar in all its five holds, absolutely full to the top deck. I know the Captain had been in touch with the shipyards in Curacao to find out if...
ONS122
Convoy ON(S)122 to Halifax and New York
17 August 1942 Outward bound North (Slow) 122 is the name of the convoy that left England at August 15th and by now has sailed clear from the English coast on the way to Halifax (Nova Scotia) and New York....
Unplanned and unwanted: contact with convoy ON(S)122
23 August 1942 On August 22 a submarine was reported by radio, which was on our projected route about 500 miles ahead. On August 24 at 08:15 ships time a position was recieved of a submarine on August 23 at...
Under attack: nowhere to run or hide
Abbekerk, August 24, 1942, 15:15 In the afternoon the lookout in the crow’s nest observed, just for a short moment, a black object on the horizon at about 55 degrees. After that, using good Prisma binoculars, from the bridge and...
Torpedoed! “So that’s how it goes…”
23:45 (August 24 1942) When I stepped on deck the ship received an enormous bang. The large vessel sluggishly staggered a few times from left to right. ‘So that is the way it goes’, I thought and raced along all...
Peter
