NORDEFLINGE

SS Nordeflinge had called in at Gibraltar to take on extra DEMS gunners and was en route to Taranto. At midnight on 30/31 May, 1944, in position 37 02N 03 47E (about 40 miles NE of Algiers), she received a direct hit from either an aerial torpedo or glider bomb and sank within 90 seconds. HMT Hengist began rescue operations but had to withdraw since she was strafed by aircraft but continued picking up men later. The survivors were landed in Algiers. The next day, the BBC stated that 30 - 40 aircraft had attacked the convoy.
Information kindly provided by Donald Todd, 2nd R/O SS Nordeflinge.

Eleven men are commemorated on Panel 73 at Tower Hill:

AUGUST, Cook, WILLIAM, S.S. Nordeflinge (Cardiff). Merchant Navy. 30th May 1944. Age 46. Husband of B. August, of Cardiff.

BIN AHMAD, Able Seaman, S.S. Nordeflinge (Cardiff). Merchant Navy. 30th May 1944. Age 47.

EVANS, Chief Engineer Officer, FRANK AUBREY, S.S. Nordeflinge (Cardiff). Merchant Navy. 30th May 1944. Age 51. Kings Commendation for Brave Conduct. Son of David and Gwendoline Evans, of Penarth, Glamorgan.

GLASGOW, Deck Hand, GORDON, S.S. Nordeflinge (Cardiff). Merchant Navy. 30th May 1944. Age 25.

HASSAN, Donkeyman, ABDULLAH, S.S. Nordeflinge (Cardiff). Merchant Navy. 30th May 1944. Age 41.

JEFFERS, Able Seaman, REYNOLD GLADSTONE, S.S. Nordeflinge (Cardiff). Merchant Navy. 30th May 1944. Age 46. Husband of Florence Maud Jeffers, of Kingston, Jamaica.

PRICKETT, Second Engineer Officer, GWYNFRED ELLIS CRESWELL, S.S. Nordeflinge (Cardiff). Merchant Navy. 30th May 1944. Age 28. Son of George and Elizabeth Ann Prickett.

STEWART, First Radio Officer, JAMES TAYLOR, S.S. Nordeflinge (Cardiff). Merchant Navy. 30th May 1944. Age 23.

ULLA AROBE, Fireman and Trimmer, S.S. Nordeflinge (Cardiff). Merchant Navy. 30th May 1944. Age 21

ULLAH HOSAIN, Fireman and Trimmer, S.S. Nordeflinge (Cardiff). Merchant Navy. 30th May 1944. Age 33.

ULLAH LEAKOT, Fireman and Trimmer, S.S. Nordeflinge (Cardiff). Merchant Navy. 30th May 1944. Age 32.

Commemorative data kindly provided by Billy McGee: http://www.british-merchant-navy.co.uk/.