SS Rhineland, Convoy 74: sunk 21/09/1941

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    Wanted to start posting some of the research I've been doing over the years on the ship SS Rhineland sunk by U Boat 201 on 21 September 1941 taking down with it my Uncle Alexander John Gilmour and 25 other men.

    Link to UBoat Net
    http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/1120.html

    Link to Clydebuilt Database
    http://www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuilt/viewship.asp?id=4212

    I have had enormous help from Jerry Mason of uboatarchive.net and he provided a translation of the U Boat report giving me an insight into exactly what happened to the ship in the end. I'll be posting the witness reports of the last sighting by the Merchant Navy ships, none of which saw the Rhineland sink.

    Here's the link to Jerry's translation
    http://www.uboatarchive.net/KTB201-4.htm

    Attached the pages from the Register of Deceased Seamen and documents from the CWGC website.

    I'll be adding information I've found so far on the other individuals. My hope is to one day contact the families of all the men lost to keep their memories alive.
     

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    Donkeyman HIRAKAWA, AIJI
    Born 1895

    His wife Janet passed away in 1980 and so far I've been unsuccessful tracing this daughter Elizabeth born in Scotland in 1936.
     

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    Merchant Navy witness reports ADM 199-1708
     

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    The Rhinelands ship movement cards 1939-41
     

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    Fireman & Trimmer DAY, JOHN
    Born 1910/11
     

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