SS City of Flint
SS City of Flint - built in 1920 by American International Shipbuilding Corp, Hog Island, PA as the Collingdale but completed as the City of Flint and acquired by Moore-McCormack SS Co, New York. Hit by a torpedo from German submarine U-575 on 25th January 1943 and sank 300 miles south of the Azores with the loss of 4 lives. On the 28th, a Portuguese destroyer rescued 48 survivors, and on March 12th, HMS Quadrant rescued another 10 after 46 days on a lifeboat
Picture No
14119503
Media ID
47859788
Size
5220px x 3228px
(1.5MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Pharcide
Source
B. & A. Feilden, 38 Walmer Rd., Southport, Lancs. postcard
Date
circa 1930s
