-
Convoy PQ 15
arrived in
Murmansk after KG 26
Heinkel He 111s sank 5848-ton
Botavon and 3807-ton Cape
Corso and
damaged 6153-ton
Jutland which was then sunk...
- 15
arrived at the Kola
Inlet at 21:00 on 5 May with no
further losses.
Botavon and Cape
Corso had been sunk by
torpedo bombers;
Jutland was
damaged by...
- Convo****
ships Name Year Flag GRT
Notes SS Aneroid 1917 Panama 5,074 SS
Botavon 1912 United
Kingdom 5,848 SS Chernyshevski 1919 Soviet
Union 3,588 SS Empire...
- Smith, G. F. OBE
Master King John 13 July 1940 Smith, J. H. R. OBE
Master Botavon 3 May 1942 Smith, S. L. C
Chief Officer Kohinur 15
November 1940 Smith...
- Sunk by U-96
Athelbeach (1931) United
Kingdom 6,568
Joined ex-BHX 106
Botavon (1912) United
Kingdom 5,848
Straggled 10 Feb 41 Vice-Commodore British...
-
Iceland Atheltemplar 1930 United
Kingdom 8,992
Arrived Murmansk 19
April Botavon 1912 United
Kingdom 5,848 Ice damage,
returned Iceland Briarwood 1930...
- Fleets, 1939. London:
Chatham publishing. p. 550. ISBN 1-86176-023-X. "SS
Botavon (+1942)". wrecksite.eu.
Retrieved 16
October 2013. Jordan,
Roger (1999)...
- Halifax,
Sydney and
Bermuda was led by
convoy commodore V. P.
Alleyne in
Botavon. The
escort for the
crossing had been sp****, as was
common at this stage...
-
under sustained attacks by
aircraft and submarines. The
merchant vessel Botavon was hit, and
settled down by her bow. The
merchantman sank slowly, and...
