Date12-Sep-1942
TypeSea Disaster
CountryATLANTIC OCEAN
Location360 miles north of Ascension Island
ActivityThe Pacquebot Laconia, enroute to Liverpool with 600 Italian prisoners onboard, was torpedoed by the German submarine U-156 and only 2 rafts were launched before the ship went down. Unable to board an overcrowded raft, he was swimming.
InjuryCalf lacerated. He was rescued by German submarine, which sunk. Rescued by Italian submarine, which sunk. Managed to reach Dakar
VictimMichael Setti, Male
SourceV.M. Coppleson (1962), p.258; Rohwer, pp.122 & 352
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