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M/V MOANDA
Lost during the Second World War
More photographs (2)
The launch of the cargo ship Moanda at the Cockerill yard, Hoboken. Photographer unknown · CC0 · Commons
The launch of the cargo ship Moanda at the Cockerill yard, Hoboken, with Mrs Declerck. Photographer unknown · CC0 · Commons
- Type
- Motor merchant
- Tonnage
- 4,621 GRT
- Built
- 1937 – John Cockerill SA, Hoboken, Antwerp
- Owner
- Compagnie Maritime Belge (Lloyd Royal) SA, Antwerp
- Home port
- Antwerp
- Date
- 28 March 1943
- Fate
- Sunk by U-172 (Carl Emmermann)
- Attacker
- U-172 (Carl Emmermann)
- Convoy
- RS-3
- Voyage
- Algiers → Takoradi
- Cargo
- Ballast
- Position
- 24.7333, -16.8000 · grid DU 2722
Position of the attack. Click the map to enable zoom.
Crew list (56 names)
The voyage
- Departure
- Algiers
- Destination
- Takoradi · never reached
- Sunk
- 28 March 1943
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Master (Kapitein) | †Heusers Jacques | Lost | |
| 1st Officer (1ste officier) | †Bouchat Edmond | Lost | |
| 2nd Officer (2de officier) | †Crespin Jacques | Lost | |
| 3rd Officer (3de officier) | Francotte Robert | Survived | |
| 4th Officer (4de officier) | Delvaux Pierre | Wounded | |
| Cadet (Kadet) | †De Meester André | Lost | |
| 1st Radio Officer (1ste marconist) | Dury Albert | Survived | |
| 2nd Radio Officer (2de marconist) | †Cummings Donald | United Kingdom | Lost |
| 3rd Radio Officer (3de marconist) | Bays Ronald | United Kingdom | Survived |
| Carpenter (Timmerman) | Moons Jozef | Survived | |
| Boatswain (Bootsman) | †Raes Emiel | Lost | |
| Able Seaman (A.B.) | Aernouts Prosper | Survived | |
| Able Seaman (A.B.) | †D'Hooge Frans | Lost | |
| Able Seaman (A.B.) | †Heremans Frans | Lost | |
| Able Seaman (A.B.) | †Derette Julien | Lost | |
| Able Seaman (A.B.) | †Fossaert Hubert | Lost | |
| Able Seaman (A.B.) | Pirotte Louis | Survived | |
| Able Seaman (A.B.) | Roberts David | United Kingdom | Survived |
| Able Seaman (A.B.) | Saeys Leon | Survived | |
| Deck Boy (Dekjongen) | †Boba Lundu | Congo | Lost |
| Deck Boy (Dekjongen) | Lukalu René | Congo | Survived |
| 1st Engineer Officer (1ste mecanicien) | †Verbeeck Jan | Lost | |
| 2nd Engineer Officer (2de mecanicien) | †Foucart Fernand | Lost | |
| 3rd Engineer Officer (3de mecanicien) | †Alzado Gommaire | Lost | |
| 4th Engineer Officer (4de mecanicien) | †Van Cauteren Cyriel | Lost | |
| 5th Engineer Officer (5de mecanicien) | Sante Laurent | Survived | |
| Assistant Engineer (Assistant-mecanicien) | Drake Jack | United Kingdom | Survived |
| Assistant Engineer (Assistant-mecanicien) | †Mitchell Robert | Lost | |
| Assistant Engineer (Assistant-mecanicien) | Wullaert Jozef | Survived | |
| Electrician (Electricien) | †Reitzes Armand | France | Lost |
| Head Greaser (Capita-smeerder) | †Sakala Maurice | Congo | Lost |
| Greaser (Smeerder) | Babu Gaston | Congo | Survived |
| Greaser (Smeerder) | †Luidi Kinayaka | Congo | Lost |
| Greaser (Smeerder) | †Moyembo Joseph | Congo | Lost |
| Cleaner (Poetser) | Angeme Bernard | Congo | Survived |
| Cleaner (Poetser) | Dotchi Alphonse | Congo | Survived |
| Cleaner (Poetser) | †Matundu Simon | Congo | Lost |
| Steward | Lauwereins Fernand | Survived | |
| 1st Cook (1ste kok) | †Bruylandts Pierre | Lost | |
| 1st Cook (supernumerary) (1ste kok suppl.) | Martens Karel | Survived | |
| Cabin and Galley Boy (Kajuit-/kokjongen) | †Kondi Monja | Congo | Lost |
| Cabin and Galley Boy (Kajuit-/kokjongen) | †Lendia Antoine | Congo | Lost |
| Cabin and Galley Boy (Kajuit-/kokjongen) | Masela Julien | Congo | Survived |
| Cabin and Galley Boy (Kajuit-/kokjongen) | Niatu Talu Jérôme | Congo | Survived |
| Cabin and Galley Boy (Kajuit-/kokjongen) | †Poba Poati Mathieu | Congo | Lost |
| Cabin and Galley Boy (Kajuit-/kokjongen) | Tshimputi Antoine | Congo | Survived |
| Gunner | †Adriaenssens Victor | Lost | |
| Gunner | Armitage Charles | United Kingdom | Survived |
| Gunner | Cotterill Frank | United Kingdom | Survived |
| Gunner | Fossion Ghislain | United Kingdom | Survived |
| Gunner | †Gradon John | United Kingdom | Lost |
| Gunner | †Herpels Leslie | Lost | |
| Gunner | Peeters René | Survived | |
| Gunner | Pullinckx surname only in the source | Survived | |
| Gunner | Taylor George | United Kingdom | Survived |
| Gunner | Tollet William | Survived |
The convoy RS-3
- Route
- West Africa
- Dates
- 27–29 March 1943
- Escort
- Two corvettes and two armed trawlers; the corvettes left on the 28th
- Merchant ships
- 9
- Sunk
- 3 · 15,389 tons
The dotted line follows the great circle the RS series ran, Gibraltar to Freetown, 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 (17)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WN.5 | 6 August 1940 | Clyde – Methil | |
| FS.248 | 10 August 1940 | Tyne – Southend | |
| FN.281 | 15 September 1940 | Southend – Methil | |
| OA.232 | 20 October 1940 | Methil - Dispersed | |
| SL/MKS.60 | 22 December 1940 | Freetown – Liverpool | |
| OB.283 | 8 February 1941 | Liverpool - Dispersed | |
| SL/MKS.72 | 17 April 1941 | Freetown – Liverpool | 1 sunk |
| OB.335 | 16 June 1941 | Liverpool – Halifax | |
| SL/MKS.90 | 15 October 1941 | Freetown – Liverpool | |
| OS/KMS.12 | 18 November 1941 | Liverpool – Freetown | 2 sunk |
| SL/MKS.100F | Feb 1942 | Detached From SL100 - Liverpool | |
| SL/MKS.100 | 9 February 1942 | Freetown – Liverpool | |
| OS/KMS.24 | 2 April 1942 | Liverpool – Freetown | |
| SL/MKS.123 | 23 September 1942 | Freetown – Liverpool | |
| KMS.4G | 26 November 1942 | Clyde – Bone | |
| MKS.5 | 5 January 1943 | Philipeville – Liverpool | |
| KMS.10G | 26 February 1943 | Clyde – Bone | 1 sunk |
Sources
Crew list from the printed source.