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MV British Prudence
MV ''British Prudence'' was a tanker built by Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd. of Sunderland in 1939 and operated by the British Tanker Company. A U-boat sank her in 1942 off the coast of Newfoundland. She was a victim of the Second Happy Time: the ''Kriegsmarine''s Operation ''Paukenschlag'' to sink Allied merchant shipping in the Western Atlantic
==Sinking==
On 21 March 1942 ''British Prudence'' sailed from Halifax, Nova Scotia carrying 11,500 tons of Admiralty fuel oil bound for St. John's, Newfoundland. She joined eastbound Convoy HX 181 but bad weather prevented the convoy from forming correctly. On 22 March the weather worsened with ''"hail and snow turning to rain, and the wind was south-east, increasing to gale force 7"''. Her Master, Captain G.A. Dickson, saw ships in the convoy columns to port and starboard of ''British Prudence'' repeatedly converging in heavy seas, so at 2100 hrs. to avoid the risk of collision he reduced her speed.〔Report TD/139/ 1230, Page 1〕
At 1020 hrs. on 23 March the wind had moderated to a westerly force 4. At about 1050 hrs. a torpedo fired by Type VIIC U-boat hit ''British Prudence'' starboard side amidships, causing extensive damage to No. 8 tank and the midships accommodation. The radio cabin collapsed through the Master's cabin, narrowly missing Captain Dickson who was in his dayroom. Seconds later a second torpedo struck the starboard side of the stern, extensively damaging the engine room, which caught fire. The ship then began to sink by her stern. The engineer officer on watch and two members of the engine room crew were lost. The starboard stern motor lifeboat was blown out of her davits and broken in two. In the bow of the ship a fire broke out, fuelled by kerosene barrels and gas cylinders stored in the fo'c's'le. The crew abandoned ship in the port stern lifeboat and two midships lifeboats.
The stern sank until the bow became vertical, and then the ship sank completely at about 1115 hrs. The crew used sea anchors to keep the three lifeboats close together. Their position before being torpedoed was 45° 28' north and 56° 13' west, and Captain Dickson estimated the boats were 400 or 500 miles from land. The survivors spent a cold, soaking wet night in heavy seas in the lifeboats.〔Report TD/139/ 1230, Page 2〕
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