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S/S MACEDONIER
Lost during the Second World War
- Type
- Steam merchant
- Tonnage
- 5,227 GRT
- Built
- 1921 – Lloyd Royal Belge (Great Britain) Ltd, Whiteinch, Glasgow
- Owner
- Compagnie Maritime Belge (Lloyd Royal) SA, Antwerp
- Home port
- Antwerp
- Date
- 12 December 1940
- Fate
- Sunk by U-96 (Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock)
- Attacker
- U-96 (Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock)
- Convoy
- HX-92 (dispersed)
- Voyage
- Tampa → Billingham
- Cargo
- 6,800 tons of phosphate
- Position
- 57.8667, -8.7000 · grid AM 2863
Position of the attack. Click the map to enable zoom.
Crew list (41 names)
The voyage
- Departure
- Tampa · 29 November 1940
- Destination
- Billingham · never reached
- Sunk
- 12 December 1940
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Master (Kapitein) | Fontaine Lucien | Survived | |
| 1st Officer (1ste officier) | Monin Jean | Survived | |
| 2nd Officer (2de officier) | Bouchat Edmond | Survived | |
| Radio Officer (Marconist) | †Wautot Gaston | Lost | |
| Cadet (Kadet) | Detraux René | Survived | |
| Carpenter (Timmerman) | Asselberghs Leo | Survived | |
| Boatswain (Bootsman) | Van Overloop Henri | Survived | |
| Able Seaman (A.B.) | Ceulemans Albert | Survived | |
| Able Seaman (A.B.) | De Laet Karel | Survived | |
| Able Seaman (A.B.) | Depuyt Pieter | Survived | |
| Able Seaman (A.B.) | Fisher Paul | Luxembourg | Survived |
| Able Seaman (A.B.) | Gonsaeles August | Survived | |
| Able Seaman (A.B.) | Nurmi Johan | Finland | Survived |
| Ordinary Seaman (Lichtmatroos) | Chaffart Marcel | Survived | |
| Chief Engineer (Chef-mecanicien) | De Combe Gerard | Survived | |
| 2nd Engineer Officer (2de mecanicien) | Van De Wyngaert Cornelis | Survived | |
| 3rd Engineer Officer (3de mecanicien) | Boels Lucien | Survived | |
| 4th Engineer Officer (4de mecanicien) | Stroobants Jozef | Survived | |
| Greaser (Smeerder) | Asselberghs Edmond | Survived | |
| Greaser (Smeerder) | †Keirseblick Jan | Lost | |
| Greaser (Smeerder) | Van Egeren Jozef | Survived | |
| Fireman (Stoker) | De Laet Jozef | Survived | |
| Fireman (Stoker) | Deyaert Frans | Survived | |
| Fireman (Stoker) | †Franck Corneel | Lost | |
| Fireman (Stoker) | Goverden Gustaaf | Survived | |
| Fireman (Stoker) | Pooters Corneel | Survived | |
| Fireman (Stoker) | Smets Jozef | Survived | |
| Fireman (Stoker) | Thiange Gustave | Survived | |
| Fireman (Stoker) | Van Den Bril Pieter | Survived | |
| Fireman (Stoker) | Van Looy Jozef | Survived | |
| Trimmer (Tremmer) | Boyens René | Survived | |
| Trimmer (Tremmer) | Van Raemdonck Louis | Survived | |
| Trimmer (Tremmer) | Verhaert Jan | Survived | |
| Steward | Witvrouwen Louis | Survived | |
| Messroom Steward (Messroom-steward) | Sels Benedictus | Survived | |
| Assistant Steward (Assistant-steward) | †Colfs Georges | Lost | |
| 1st Cook (1ste kok) | Raes Arthur | Survived | |
| 2nd Cook (2de kok) | Martens Karel | Survived | |
| Cook's Mate (Koksmaat) | Lenie Pieter | Survived | |
| Cabin Boy (Kajuitjongen) | Dewulf Rudolf | Survived | |
| Cabin Boy (Kajuitjongen) | Goigne Pieter | Survived |
The convoy HX-92
- Dates
- 11–12 December 1940
- Merchant ships
- 32
- Sunk
- 4 · 26,111 tons
The dotted line follows the great circle the HX series ran, Halifax to Liverpool, 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 (3)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SL/MKS.42 | 2 August 1940 | Freetown – Liverpool | 1 sunk |
| OB.229 | 15 October 1940 | Liverpool - Dispersed | |
| HX.92 | 29 November 1940 | Halifax – Liverpool | 4 sunk |
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Sources
Crew list from the printed source.