Cause of Death: |
Lost in S.S. Yoma (Glasgow), Passenger/Cargo liner of 8, 131 tons of the British and Burmese Steam Navigation Co., serving in the Mediterranean as an auxiliary transport. She was in convoy with the ships SS Amarapoora, Pegu, Kemmendine and Sagaing en route from Sfax to Alexandria when she was sunk by the U-81 near Derna. On board were 1, 670 troops of which 451 were lost. Capt. George Patterson and 32 crew members also perished. |
