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Benlomond - lives lost 1942

Master: 1942 John Maul.

On a voyage from Port Said for Capetown-Paramaribo & New York in ballast with a crew of 54 all told Ben Lomond was torpedoed by German submarine (U-172 Carl Emmermann) & sank off the coast of Brazil in 00.30N/38.45W on 23 November 1942. The only survivor was rescued close to death after 133 days in a lifeboat. He had lived on provisions that were stored in the lifeboat & fish & seagulls when he could catch them. 53 lives lost.

Lives lost November 1942: Chan Seng, donkeyman, 29; Chassar, Charles, carpenter, 32, Edinburgh; Craig, Clement Barnett, chief engineer, 42; Ellis, Norman Murray, sailor, 20; Foster, Ernest Richard Derrick, 1st officer, 29, Edinburgh; Graham, George Stanley, sailor, 21, Edinburgh; Groves, Robert Carey, 3rd officer, 23; Hall, Andrew, able seaman, age 22, Roe, Zetland; Hamilton, Ralph Thomas Goodwin, cadet, 17, Edinburgh; Lai Lin, mess room boy, 30; Lam Sang, fireman, 25; Lam Sang, steward, 38; Lau Moon, donkeyman, 29; Lee Chung cook, 31; Lees, Robert, cadet, 18, Edinburgh; Leung Sum, fitter, 33; Ling Ah Hing, fireman, 42; Luk Chuen, fireman, 35; MacGregor, John, boatswain, 48; Macmillan, Peter, sailor, 27; Manson, Alexander, able seaman, 31, Quarff, Zetland; Man Wai, painter, 42; Maul, John, master, 44, Innerleithan, Peeblesshire; McEwan, Alexander Russell, sailor, 21, Sauchie, Alloa; Mitchell, Robert, 3rd radio officer, 23, Denny, Stirlingshire; Moon, Lau, donkeyman, 49; Morrison, Peter Rae, 4th engineer, 21, Dundee; Robertson, David Pagan, 3rd engineer, 28, Golspie, Sutherlandshire; Robertson, William, able seaman, 34, Roe Brae, Zetland; Palmer, Guy Mordey, 2nd engineer, 38; Pang Poon Sin, chief steward, 49; Poon Hee pantry boy, 25; Reade, Norman Hutton, 1st radio officer, 34, Broughton, Lancshire; Rugg, Jack Redpath, sailor, 19, Edinburgh; Shuengine Sui, donkeyman, 42; Sin Cheong, painter, 32; Sin Pong, painter, 28; Sheung Sui, donkeyman, 42; Sutherland, Thomas, 2nd officer, 30, Leith, Edinburgh; Tse Tai, fireman, 28; Tsu Tak, boy, 37; Twigg, Phillip Gordon, 2nd radio officer, 31, Hitchin, Hertfordshire; Wai, Man, painter, 42; Walker, Thomas Martin, chief officer, 34 (awarded Royal Humane Society Bronze Medal); Wang Wing, fitter, 39; Wong Hee, fireman, 26; Wong Phua, cook, 37; Wong Po, cook, 29; Yuang Sang, fireman, 31; Yuen Chow, fireman, 43.

Survivor November 1942: Poom Lim, 2nd mess room steward, China

Further info & image of survivor Google search ‘Miracle Survival Poon Lim’

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