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M/V BRABANT

Lost during the Second World War

31crew
21lost
33aboard
Type
Motor merchant
Tonnage
2,396 GRT
Built
1938 – John Cockerill SA, Hoboken, Antwerp
Owner
Armement Deppe, Antwerp
Home port
Antwerp
Date
13 May 1942
Fate
Sunk by U-155 (Adolf Cornelius Piening)
Attacker
U-155 (Adolf Cornelius Piening)
Convoy
Sailed alone, unescorted
Voyage
Glasgow → Curaçao
Cargo
Ballast
Position
11.5333, -62.7167 · grid ED 9489
Aboard: 31 crew and 2 passengers. Lost: 19 crew and 2 passengers. The two passengers were officers of the Royal Netherlands Navy.

Position of the attack. Click the map to enable zoom.

Crew list (33 names)

The voyage

Departure
Glasgow
Destination
Curaçao · never reached
Sunk
13 May 1942
RankNameNationalityFate
Master (Kapitein)†Hostens MichelLost
1st Officer (1ste officier)Peeters FransSurvived
2nd Officer (2de officier)†Smolders GastonLost
3rd Officer (3de officier)Liedts AlbertSurvived
Radio Officer (Marconist)†Monu EdouardLost
Boatswain (Bootsman)Depoorter AlfonsSurvived
Able Seaman (A.B.)Campbell AlexUnited KingdomSurvived
Able Seaman (A.B.)Eyer AlbertSurvived
Able Seaman (A.B.)Mac Cormick JohnUnited KingdomSurvived
Able Seaman (A.B.)Moore JohnCanadaSurvived
Able Seaman (A.B.)Murphy JohnUnited KingdomSurvived
Able Seaman (A.B.)†Van De Walle EmielLost
Ordinary Seaman (Lichtmatroos)Alexander JackUnited KingdomSurvived
Ordinary Seaman (Lichtmatroos)Henry WilliamUnited KingdomSurvived
Deck Boy (Deck-boy)†Smith ErnestUnited KingdomLost
Chief Engineer (Chef-werktuigk.)†Libbrecht JanLost
2nd Engineer Officer (2de werktuigk.)†Zinnen EdmondLuxembourgLost
3rd Engineer Officer (3de werktuigk.)†Janssens WillemLost
4th Engineer Officer (4de werktuigk.)†Reinhold Radlok
name printed as "Reinhold Radlok"
PolandLost
Assistant Engineer (Assistant werktuigk.)Doom RenéSurvived
Donkeyman†Peeters JozefLost
Donkeyman†Weltjens MichelLost
Steward†Van Montagu EmmanuelLost
1st Cook (1ste kok)†Jacquet VictorLost
2nd Cook (2de kok)†D'Hondt FidèleLost
Messroom Steward (Messroom-steward)†Jonckheere AlfonsLost
Assistant Steward (Assistant-steward)†Eeckhout AlexanderLost
Gunner†Deacon WilliamUnited KingdomLost
GunnerDunne PeterUnited KingdomSurvived
Gunner†Ilott AlfredUnited KingdomLost
Gunner†Macy RonaldUnited KingdomLost
Passenger (Passagier)†Bouman W. K.N.M.
Royal Netherlands Navy, rank Lt-T-Z
Lost
Passenger (Passagier)†Kolff K.N.M.
Royal Netherlands Navy, rank Lt-T-Z
Lost

Convoys (22)

From the Arnold Hague Convoy Database. Convoys only, not independent voyages: a ship sailing alone does not appear. See the convoy page.

ConvoyDepartedRouteSunk
SL/MKS.4125 July 1940Freetown - Rendezvous with SL.41F
SL/MKS.41F28 July 1940Freetown – Liverpool2 sunk
OB.2269 October 1940Liverpool - Dispersed
OB.23323 October 1940Liverpool - Dispersed
SL/MKS.6210 January 1941Freetown – Liverpool3 sunk
WN.792 February 1941Clyde – Methil
FS.4068 February 1941Methil – Southend
FN.40511 February 1941Southend – Methil
FN.43012 March 1941Southend – Methil
FN.44730 March 1941Southend – Methil
EN.94/13 April 1941Methil – Oban
OB.3086 April 1941Liverpool - Dispersed 66.21N 32.10W
HX.1301 June 1941Halifax – Liverpool
OG.673 July 1941Milford Haven – Gibraltar1 sunk
HX.14621 August 1941Halifax – Liverpool
ON.1717 September 1941Liverpool - Dispersed 47.28N 40.57W
HX.15622 October 1941Halifax – Liverpool
ON.4025 November 1941Liverpool - Dispersed
HX.16727 December 1941Halifax – Liverpool
ON.6127 January 1942Liverpool - Dispersed
HX.1783 March 1942Halifax – Liverpool1 sunk
OS/KMS.2512 April 1942Liverpool – Freetown

Sources

Crew list from the printed source.