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The SS Eastern Sword was an unarmed 3,785 steam merchant that was completed in 1920 at the Uraga Dry Dock Co. Ltd, Uraga Japan. She was owned by the Sword Steam
Ship Line Inc, New York, NY, and she was homeported out of this same city.
==Sinking==
The Eastern Sword departed New York with the Master, Julius Niels Lars Jensen, seven officers and twenty-nine crew members, en route to [[Georgetown, British Guiana]] to pick up a load of bauxite and via a stop at [[Trinidad]] BWI she was unescorted the entire route. About 0345 on May 4th 1942, she was torpedoed by [[U-162]] about twelve miles off the [[Georgetown Light]]. Two torpedoes struck in quick succession on the port side at the #4 hold aft of the midship house, causing the ship to settle rapidly by the stern. Two minutes later water reached the decks and she sank on an even keel with 15 feet of her mainmast above water. The explosion had destroyed the [[radio shack]], preventing the sending of a distress message. Three officers and nine crewmen of seven officers and 22 men abandoned ship in one lifeboat and landed the next day at Georgetown. One crewman was picked up from a raft by the fishing boat Ocean Star on 6 May and landed in Georgetown.
==List of Lost Crew==
Henry Bismark (F/W); Edward Lorraine (Messman); Clarence Louis Choquett (Bosun); Gabriel Cereijo (Wiper); Axel Ford Carlson (Chief Mate); John Stewart Campbell (Steward); John Gillon (2nd Engineer); Julius Niels Lars Jensen (Master); Daniel John Mullady (Oiler); William A. O’Connor (F/W); Paymond Leo Pinkowski (Oiler); John Stratos (Chief Engineer); Chedwick Evens Chester (AB).
There are three others but they are listed as “Unknown“
==References==
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2^https://ift.tt/2FQZ9h9
Ship Line Inc, New York, NY, and she was homeported out of this same city.
==Sinking==
The Eastern Sword departed New York with the Master, Julius Niels Lars Jensen, seven officers and twenty-nine crew members, en route to [[Georgetown, British Guiana]] to pick up a load of bauxite and via a stop at [[Trinidad]] BWI she was unescorted the entire route. About 0345 on May 4th 1942, she was torpedoed by [[U-162]] about twelve miles off the [[Georgetown Light]]. Two torpedoes struck in quick succession on the port side at the #4 hold aft of the midship house, causing the ship to settle rapidly by the stern. Two minutes later water reached the decks and she sank on an even keel with 15 feet of her mainmast above water. The explosion had destroyed the [[radio shack]], preventing the sending of a distress message. Three officers and nine crewmen of seven officers and 22 men abandoned ship in one lifeboat and landed the next day at Georgetown. One crewman was picked up from a raft by the fishing boat Ocean Star on 6 May and landed in Georgetown.
==List of Lost Crew==
Henry Bismark (F/W); Edward Lorraine (Messman); Clarence Louis Choquett (Bosun); Gabriel Cereijo (Wiper); Axel Ford Carlson (Chief Mate); John Stewart Campbell (Steward); John Gillon (2nd Engineer); Julius Niels Lars Jensen (Master); Daniel John Mullady (Oiler); William A. O’Connor (F/W); Paymond Leo Pinkowski (Oiler); John Stratos (Chief Engineer); Chedwick Evens Chester (AB).
There are three others but they are listed as “Unknown“
==References==
1^https://ift.tt/2OG1Zby
2^https://ift.tt/2FQZ9h9
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