M.V. Inverellen, was this some type of ship/boat.

JOHNB84 · 24-12-2007, 11:25 AM

While checking some local connections out on the CWGC, I came across a Merchant Navy casualty (please see link below). I can not find any reference to M.V. Inverellen, on goggle. Do any forum members please have any info on this ship/boat..if indeed it was one.

Thanks
John

CWGC :: Casualty Details

Peter Clare · 24-12-2007, 12:14 PM

3 February 1943.

The tanker Inverilen 9,456 tons, bound for the Mersey was sunk by U 456.

U-456

Type

VIIC

Ordered16 Jan, 1940
Laid down3 Sep, 1940Deutsche Werke, Kiel (werk 287)Launched21 Jun, 1941
Commissioned18 Sep, 1941Oblt. Max-Martin TeichertCommanders18 Sep, 1941 - 12 May, 1943 Kptlt. Max-Martin Teichert (Knights Cross)Career11 patrols18 Sep, 1941 - 1 Jan, 1942 6. Flottille (training)
1 Jan, 1942 - 30 Jun, 1942 6. Flottille (front boat)
1 Jul, 1942 - 30 Nov, 1942 11. Flottille (front boat)
1 Dec, 1942 - 12 May, 1943 1. Flottille (front boat)
Successes6 ships sunk for a total of 31.528 GRT
1 auxiliary warship sunk for a total of 251 GRT
1 warship damaged for a total of 11.500 tonsFateAlmost certainly sank in an diving accident on 12 May, 1943 in the North Atlantic, in position 46.39N, 26.54W, while facing the British destroyer HMS Opportune after being badly damaged by a Fido homing torpedo from a British Liberator aircraft (Sqdn 86/

. 49 dead (all hands lost).

Uboat.net

Regards
Peter.

JOHNB84 · 24-12-2007, 12:48 PM

Peter
Once again!!...thanks for your help, I would never have found this info, as the CWGC has her down misspelled.

Thanks
John

spidge · 24-12-2007, 12:56 PM

From: HMS Asphodel

The Death of SS Inverilin

At 02.57 hours on 3 Feb, 1943, the Inverilen (Master Joseph Mann) in convoy HX-224 was torpedoed by U-456 south of Iceland. The tanker was abandoned and sank later in 56°13N/20°35W. The master, 24 crew members and six gunners were lost. 14 crew members and two passengers (DBS) were picked up by the HMS Asphodel (K 56) (Lt G.L. Fraser) and landed at Londonderry.
U-456 was chased after the attack by the HMS Londonderry (U 76), which had to abort the chase after she was damaged by a premature detonation of one of her own depth charges.
http://www.uboat.net/allies/merchants/2619.html

SS Inverilen.jpg

SS Inverilen1.jpg

JOHNB84 · 24-12-2007, 02:37 PM

Spidge, thanks for the extra info.

All the best
John

24-12-2007, 11:25 AM	#1 (permalink)
JOHNB84 Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 51	M.V. Inverellen, was this some type of ship/boat. While checking some local connections out on the CWGC, I came across a Merchant Navy casualty (please see link below). I can not find any reference to M.V. Inverellen, on goggle. Do any forum members please have any info on this ship/boat..if indeed it was one. Thanks John CWGC :: Casualty Details

24-12-2007, 12:14 PM	#2 (permalink)
Peter Clare Legendary Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Windsor UK Posts: 5,016	3 February 1943. The tanker *Inverilen* 9,456 tons, bound for the Mersey was sunk by U 456. U-456 Type VIIC Ordered16 Jan, 1940 Laid down3 Sep, 1940Deutsche Werke, Kiel (werk 287)Launched21 Jun, 1941 Commissioned18 Sep, 1941Oblt. Max-Martin TeichertCommanders18 Sep, 1941 - 12 May, 1943 Kptlt. Max-Martin Teichert (Knights Cross)Career11 patrols18 Sep, 1941 - 1 Jan, 1942 6. Flottille (training) 1 Jan, 1942 - 30 Jun, 1942 6. Flottille (front boat) 1 Jul, 1942 - 30 Nov, 1942 11. Flottille (front boat) 1 Dec, 1942 - 12 May, 1943 1. Flottille (front boat) Successes6 ships sunk for a total of 31.528 GRT 1 auxiliary warship sunk for a total of 251 GRT 1 warship damaged for a total of 11.500 tonsFateAlmost certainly sank in an diving accident on 12 May, 1943 in the North Atlantic, in position 46.39N, 26.54W, while facing the British destroyer HMS Opportune after being badly damaged by a Fido homing torpedo from a British Liberator aircraft (Sqdn 86/. 49 dead (all hands lost). Uboat.net Regards Peter. __________________ On weald of Kent I watched once more Again I heard that grumbling roar Of fighter planes; yet none were near And all around the sky was clear Borne on the wind a whisper came 'Though men grow old, they stay the same' And then I knew, unseen to eye The ageless Few were sweeping by Last edited by Peter Clare; 24-12-2007 at 12:20 PM.

24-12-2007, 12:56 PM	#4 (permalink)
spidge Legendary Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 7,962	From: HMS Asphodel The Death of SS Inverilin At 02.57 hours on 3 Feb, 1943, the Inverilen (Master Joseph Mann) in convoy HX-224 was torpedoed by U-456 south of Iceland. The tanker was abandoned and sank later in 56°13N/20°35W. The master, 24 crew members and six gunners were lost. 14 crew members and two passengers (DBS) were picked up by the HMS Asphodel (K 56) (Lt G.L. Fraser) and landed at Londonderry. U-456 was chased after the attack by the HMS Londonderry (U 76), which had to abort the chase after she was damaged by a premature detonation of one of her own depth charges. http://www.uboat.net/allies/merchants/2619.html SS Inverilen.jpg SS Inverilen1.jpg __________________ Spidge, ------------------------------------------------------- My Avatar is the memorial to the 22 Commonwealth Coastwatchers at the Temakin Cemetery on Betio (Tarawa Atoll) who were beheaded by the Japanese on 15th October 1942. http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat...mem_beito.html "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war." (Winston Churchill made this prophetic pronouncement in a House of Commons speech in 1938, just after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement with Hitler. Chamberlain returned from Germany with the signed agreement in hand, proclaiming that "peace in our time" had been achieved. Churchill attacked Chamberlain's "politics of appeasement" in this and many other speeches.) What did the Australians do in ww2 and other conflicts? Check out this site: http://www.diggerhistory.info/00-pag...ster-index.htm

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24-12-2007, 12:48 PM	#3 (permalink)
JOHNB84 Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 51	Peter Once again!!...thanks for your help, I would never have found this info, as the CWGC has her down misspelled. Thanks John

24-12-2007, 02:37 PM	#5 (permalink)
JOHNB84 Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 51	Spidge, thanks for the extra info. All the best John

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