Class: North Sands type
Armament: 1 x 4 inch - 5 x 20 mm

Completed in December 1942 for the US War Shipping Administration, lend-leased on bareboat charter to the British MoWT.

On 16 July 1943, the Fort Longueuil left Barry docks with a cargo of government stores, including ammunitions and arrived safely at Alexandria on 8 August. After the cargo was discharged she sailed from there on 26 August, through the Suez Canal two days later and docked at Aden on 8 September to bunker. The next day, the ship left for Australia after loading phosphate. She was due to arrive at Fremantle, Australia and then to sail to Port Kembla and Newcastle, New South Wales, but was reported missing on 15 October. By 3 November, it was known that the ship had been lost at the estimated position of 10�S/68�E.

On 19 September 1943, the ship was torpedoed and sunk by U-532 southwest of Chagos Archipelago. The complement consisted of 49 crew members from Britain, India and Canada and ten British gunners. Only two Indian crewmen, Thakar Miah and Mohamed Aftab, managed to survive on a raft and became Japanese prisoners on 1 February 1944, when the raft drifted ashore on Sumatra after 134 days at sea.

Thanks to Walter Janssens for extra information on this page.

Unless otherwise stated, all dates and times are from the German perspective and are given in CET.
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