In Memory Of

JAFFE, ISAAC

Service Details
Age:
 22
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Rank:
 Steward
Unit:
 S.S. Oropesa (Liverpool)
Regiment:
 Merchant Navy
Date of Death:
 1941-01-16
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action. On 16 January 1941 at 0356 hrs Oropesa was southeast of Rockall in the Western Approaches when the German Type VIIC submarine U-96, commanded by Kptlt Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock, hit her in the stern with one G7a torpedo. Oropesa did not sink immediately, so U-96 waited and at 0440 hrs fired another torpedo, but that malfunctioned and went in circles. U-96 fired again at 0503 and 0559 hrs, this time hitting Oropesa beneath her bridge and amidships. The liner capsized and sank at 0616 hrs
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Panel 77.
Cemetery:
 TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
 London
Country:
 United Kingdom
Additional Information
ref. South African Roll of Honour 1939-45