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At around 06.00 hours on March 8, 1941, SS Nardana was sailing in convoy SL.67 to London, with a general cargo from Bombay, when she was torpedoed by U-124. The position was 20.51N, 20.32W (400 miles west of Capo Blanco, Mauretania). The master (Cyril Edward White), one hundred and four crew members and two gunners were rescued by HMS Faulkner and HMS Forrester and landed in Gibraltar. Three officers lost their lives and are commemorated on Tower Hill, Panel 71 and the Lascar seamen are commemorated on the Bombay/Chittagong War Memorial:
BRAIN, Junior Engineer Officer, GEORGE WILFRED, S.S. Nardana (Glasgow). Merchant Navy. 8th March 1941. Age 24.
MILLER, Fourth Engineer Officer, CAMPBELL ELRICK, S.S. Nardana (Glasgow). Merchant Navy. 8th March 1941. Age 25. Son of Campbell and Elizabeth Miller, of Aberdeen.
WRIGHT, Third Engineer Officer, SIDNEY HERBERT, S.S. Nardana (Glasgow). Merchant Navy. 8th March 1941. Age 26.
ABBAS ALI, Winchman, S.S. Nardana (Glasgow), Indian Merchant Navy. 8 March 1941.
ABDUL BARIK, Oiler, S.S. Nardana (Glasgow), Indian Merchant Navy. 8 March 1941.
ABDUL GHAFFAR, Seaman, S.S. Nardana (Glasgow), Indian Merchant Navy. 8 March 1941.
ABDUL HAQ, Seaman, S.S. Nardana (Glasgow), Indian Merchant Navy. 8 March 1941.
ABDUL JALIL, Fireman, S.S. Nardana (Glasgow), Indian Merchant Navy. 8 March 1941.
ABDUL JALIL, Seacunny, S.S. Nardana (Glasgow), Indian Merchant Navy. 8 March 1941.
ABDUL KARIM, Fireman, S.S. Nardana (Glasgow), Indian Merchant Navy. 8 March 1941.
ABDUL MIAN, Trimmer, S.S. Nardana (Glasgow), Indian Merchant Navy. 8 March 1941.
ALI HUSAIN, Barber, S.S. Nardana (Glasgow), Indian Merchant Navy. 8 March 1941.
MONU MIAN, Fireman, S.S. Nardana (Glasgow), Indian Merchant Navy. 8 March 1941.
MOTIAR RAHMAN, Fireman, S.S. Nardana (Glasgow), Indian Merchant Navy. 8 March 1941.
MUBARAK, Trimmer, S.S. Nardana (Glasgow), Indian Merchant Navy. 8 March 1941.
NASAR AHMAD, Oiler, S.S. Nardana (Glasgow), Indian Merchant Navy. 8 March 1941.
NAZU MIAN, Donkeyman, S.S. Nardana (Glasgow), Indian Merchant Navy. 8 March 1941.
SAYID AHMAD, Seaman, S.S. Nardana (Glasgow), Indian Merchant Navy. 8 March 1941.
SHAB-UL-HAMID, Seacunny, S.S. Nardana (Glasgow), Indian Merchant Navy. 8 March 1941.