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Iain Stuart Yardley
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Username: boz
Post Number: 228
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Friday, August 9, 2002 - 2:26 pm: | 
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5th August 1944.
The Mefkure, a Turkish motor-schooner, was travelling from Constantsa, Romania to Istanbul in a convoy of 3 ships carrying over 1000 mainly refugee Jews from Romania, Poland and Hungary. Flying the Turkish flag but no navigation lights, she was hit by a torpedo from an unidentified submarine 25 miles north-east of Igneada in the Black Sea. As the survivors struggled in the water, they were machine-gunned. A total of 305 people were killed, including 37 children. There were just 11 survivors - 5 Jews and 6 crew members. |
Phil Fazzini
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Username: newnow
Post Number: 89
Registered: 9-2005
| | Posted on Friday, May 22, 2009 - 12:30 pm: |
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The Mefkure was sunk by USSR sub Sc 215 5-8-1944
The Struma was sunk by USSR sub SC 213 24-2-1942 |
