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S/S JEAN JADOT
Lost during the Second World War
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The steamer Jean jadot. Photographer unknown · Public domain · Commons
80crew
15lost
5wounded
403aboard
- Type
- Steam merchant
- Tonnage
- 5,783 GRT
- Built
- 1929 – Flensburger Schiffsbau-Ges., Flensburg
- Owner
- Compagnie Maritime Belge (Lloyd Royal) SA, Antwerp
- Home port
- Antwerp
- Date
- 20 January 1943
- Fate
- Sunk by U-453 (Egon Reiner Freiherr von Schlippenbach)
- Attacker
- U-453 (Egon Reiner Freiherr von Schlippenbach)
- Convoy
- KMS-7
- Voyage
- Liverpool → Algiers
- Cargo
- Troops, vehicles, petrol and four tanks as deck cargo
- Position
- 36.5500, 0.7667 · grid CH 8521
Troop transport. 403 aboard in all: 80 crew (6 lost, 5 wounded) and 323 soldiers (304 NCOs and men plus 19 officers) with 9 dead. The soldiers are not named.
Position of the attack. Click the map to enable zoom.
Crew list (80 names)
The voyage
- Departure
- Liverpool · 7 January 1943
- Destination
- Algiers · never reached
- Sunk
- 20 January 1943
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Master (Kapitein) | Prié Jean | Survived | |
| 1st Officer (1ste officier) | Leonard Alphonse | Survived | |
| 2nd Officer (2de officier) | Schroyens Jan | Survived | |
| 3rd Officer (3de officier) | Damien Paul | Survived | |
| 4th Officer (4de officier) | De Plecker Georges | Survived | |
| Radio Officer (Marconist) | Verhas François | Survived | |
| Cadet (Kadet) | Carion Raoul | Survived | |
| Cadet (Kadet) | Taymans Félix | Survived | |
| Carpenter (Timmerman) | †Dua Charles | Lost | |
| Boatswain (Bootsman) | Schoeters Jan | Survived | |
| Able Seaman (A.B.) | †Gillis Karel | Lost | |
| Able Seaman (A.B.) | Haddow Robert | United Kingdom | Survived |
| Able Seaman (A.B.) | Havermaet August | Survived | |
| Able Seaman (A.B.) | Kovtounenko Jean | Russia | Wounded |
| Able Seaman (A.B.) | Machielsen Roger | Survived | |
| Able Seaman (A.B.) | Peeters Jozef | Survived | |
| Able Seaman (A.B.) | †Vanhoutte Maximiliaan | Lost | |
| Able Seaman (A.B.) | Vermeer Jan | Survived | |
| Able Seaman (A.B.) | Vits Jozef | Survived | |
| Ordinary Seaman (Lichtmatroos) | Mac Goldrich Joseph | United Kingdom | Wounded |
| Chief Engineer (Hoofdwerktuigk.) | Henriksen Hans | Survived | |
| 2nd Engineer Officer (2de mecanicien) | Van Stayen Jan | Survived | |
| 3rd Engineer Officer (3de mecanicien) | De Herdt Kamiel | Survived | |
| 4th Engineer Officer (4de mecanicien) | Wauters Jan | Survived | |
| 5th Engineer Officer (5de mecanicien) | Vandermeulen Louis | Survived | |
| Assistant Engineer (Assistant-mecanicien) | Catteau Henri | Survived | |
| Assistant Engineer (Assistant-mecanicien) | De Marbaix Raymond | Survived | |
| Assistant Engineer (Assistant-mecanicien) | Hammond Roy | United Kingdom | Survived |
| Donkeyman | Duzant Albert | Guadeloupe | Wounded |
| Donkeyman | Mamady Sylla | French Guiana | Survived |
| Donkeyman | Svanenbergs Alex | Latvia | Survived |
| Greaser (Smeerder) | Julienne Robert | French Guiana | Survived |
| Fireman (Stoker) | Abdal Ghalil | Djibouti | Survived |
| Fireman (Stoker) | Catherine Cyrille | Martinique | Survived |
| Fireman (Stoker) | Chaibi Mohammed | Algeria | Survived |
| Fireman (Stoker) | Coulibaly Inehy | Senegal | Survived |
| Fireman (Stoker) | Darhine Ali | Djibouti | Survived |
| Fireman (Stoker) | Diakaate Semba | Senegal | Wounded |
| Fireman (Stoker) | Diando Abdon | Senegal | Survived |
| Fireman (Stoker) | Dobale Sangum | Senegal | Survived |
| Fireman (Stoker) | Frenet Bernardin | Guadeloupe | Survived |
| Fireman (Stoker) | †Kaddour Ben Mohammed | Djibouti | Lost |
| Fireman (Stoker) | †Makita Auguste | Senegal | Lost |
| Fireman (Stoker) | Kande Dialo | Senegal | Survived |
| Fireman (Stoker) | Koukou Prosper | Senegal | Wounded |
| Fireman (Stoker) | †Lisse Mendy | Senegal | Lost |
| Fireman (Stoker) | Marka Camara | Senegal | Survived |
| Fireman (Stoker) | Mokbel Mohammed | Djibouti | Survived |
| Fireman (Stoker) | Samba M'Diaga | Senegal | Survived |
| Fireman (Stoker) | Zabir Ahmed | Yemen | Survived |
| Steward | Hillen Theophile | Survived | |
| 2nd Steward (2de steward) | Bonte Karel | Survived | |
| Purser (Commissaris) | Ridderbeeckx Hippolyte | Survived | |
| 1st Cook (1ste kok) | Masscho Pieter | Survived | |
| 1st Cook (supernumerary) (1ste kok suppl.) | Meeuwis Marcel | Survived | |
| Baker (Bakker) | Clauw Ernest | Survived | |
| 2nd Cook (2de kok) | Van Bosch Alexander | Survived | |
| 2nd Cook (troops) (2de kok (troop)) | Verhaeren Frans | Survived | |
| 2nd Baker (troops) (2de bakker (troop)) | Paterson Eddy | United Kingdom | Survived |
| Storekeeper (Magazijnier) | Farrell John | Survived | |
| Messroom Steward (Messroom-steward) | Adriaenssens Gommarus | Survived | |
| Messroom Steward (Messroom-steward) | Broeckx Frans | Survived | |
| Messroom Steward (Messroom-steward) | Hofstetter Corneel | Survived | |
| Assistant Steward (Assistant-steward) | Ansaldo Henrique | Spain | Survived |
| Assistant Steward (Assistant-steward) | Franco Horacio | Gibraltar | Survived |
| Assistant Steward (Assistant-steward) | Van Steenlandt Petrus | Survived | |
| Cabin Boy (Kajuitjongen) | Roberts Ernest | United Kingdom | Survived |
| Cook's Mate (Koksmaat) | Romary Jean | France | Survived |
| Cook's Mate (Koksmaat) | Davidson James | United Kingdom | Survived |
| Gunnery Sergeant (Sergent canonnier) | Morgan Frederic | United Kingdom | Survived |
| Gunner | Banner William | United Kingdom | Survived |
| Gunner | Carroll Edward | United Kingdom | Survived |
| Gunner | Churchill Alfred | United Kingdom | Survived |
| Gunner | Coghlan Thomas | United Kingdom | Survived |
| Gunner | Edwards George | United Kingdom | Survived |
| Gunner | Hamilton Cyril | United Kingdom | Survived |
| Gunner | Kitcher Cecil | United Kingdom | Survived |
| Gunner | Preston James | United Kingdom | Survived |
| Gunner | Smith Walter | United Kingdom | Survived |
| Gunner | Young Thomas | United Kingdom | Survived |
The convoy KMS-7
- Dates
- 20 January 1943
- Sunk
- 1 · 5,859 tons
The dotted line follows the great circle the KMS series ran, United Kingdom to the Mediterranean, with the coastal bends the fairway imposes. The red point is where the Belgian ship was hit, from the U-boat’s attack report.
About the line on this map
A convoy steered the great circle: the shortest way over the globe, not the straight line on the map. That is why the Atlantic crossing here runs so far north, and why ships on that route were hit around 55 to 58 degrees and not at 48. The bends closer to land follow the fairway – the North Channel above Ireland, round Land’s End, through the Strait of Gibraltar.
The line is the route of the series, not the track that one convoy actually steered. The Admiralty shifted convoys north or south from sailing to sailing, according to the season and where the U-boats were; ONS-154 was deliberately routed south past the Azores in December 1942. And a straggler or a dispersed ship was by definition no longer with the group. Where the red point sits far from the line, that is usually what you are looking at.
Convoys (28)
From the Arnold Hague Convoy Database. Convoys only, not independent voyages: a ship sailing alone does not appear. See the convoy page.
| Convoy | Departed | Route | Sunk |
|---|---|---|---|
| OB.152 | 20 May 1940 | Liverpool - Dispersed | |
| HX.71 | 5 September 1940 | Halifax – Liverpool | 1 sunk |
| OB.241 | 9 November 1940 | Liverpool - Dispersed | |
| HX.103 | 15 January 1941 | Halifax – Liverpool | 2 sunk |
| OB.294 | 5 March 1941 | Liverpool - Dispersed 51.29N 20.30W | 7 sunk |
| HX.118 | 31 March 1941 | Halifax – Liverpool | |
| OB.322 | 12 May 1941 | Liverpool - Dispersed | 1 sunk |
| HX.134 | 20 June 1941 | Halifax – Liverpool | |
| ON.3 | 31 July 1941 | Liverpool - Dispersed | |
| HX.147 | 29 August 1941 | Halifax – Liverpool | |
| ON.22 | 2 October 1941 | Liverpool - Dispersed | |
| ON.24 | 8 October 1941 | Liverpool - Dispersed 58N 28W | |
| HX.161 | 21 November 1941 | Halifax – Liverpool | |
| ON.50 | 24 December 1941 | Liverpool - Dispersed | |
| HX.171 | 20 January 1942 | Halifax – Liverpool | |
| ON.69 | 20 February 1942 | Liverpool - Dispersed Off Cape Cod | |
| HX.181 | 21 March 1942 | Halifax – Liverpool | 1 sunk |
| ON.89 | 23 April 1942 | Liverpool – Halifax | 1 sunk |
| SH.2 | 19 May 1942 | Sydney CB – Halifax | |
| HX.191 | 24 May 1942 | Halifax – Liverpool | |
| ON.105 | 19 June 1942 | Liverpool – Halifax | |
| HS.21 | 5 July 1942 | Halifax – Sydney CB | |
| SH.29 | 29 July 1942 | Sydney CB – Halifax | |
| HX.201 | 2 August 1942 | Halifax – Liverpool | |
| KMS.1G | 22 October 1942 | Clyde – Algiers | |
| MKS.1A | 13 November 1942 | Bougie – Gibraltar | |
| MKS.1Y | 21 November 1942 | Gibraltar – Liverpool | |
| KMS.7G | 7 January 1943 | Clyde – Algiers | 1 sunk |
Sources
Crew list from the printed source.