Albert C. Field

The "Albert C. Field" is a Canadian ship, sunk on the 18 June 1944 by a torpedo from a German aircraft off St. Catherine's Point, UK. The ship sank in three minutes. Four of the crew and some other personnel were lost. The "Albert C. Field" was a triple expansion engine steamer, with a displacement of 1764 tons and was 77 metres x 13 metres.

It is currently located 34 metres below sea level on a gravel seabed at coord|50|28|N|01|45|W. The ship is badly damaged. The boilers are the highest point at 30 metres below. There are several small pieces of exploded ammunition. The machinery is right aft and the bridge is right forward while everything in the middle was cargo space.

Testimony

"I was Third Engineer on the "Albert C. Field" when it was torpedoed. I joined the ship in Barry on the 20th May, so I was not on it too long. The ship was sunk shortly after I had come off watch. I was asleep and wakened by the explosion, and when I put my feet on the deck it was wet, and the next thing I knew was that I was in the water and saw the ship going down. I was hailed by other crew in the water and was pulled onto a raft where we were soon picked up by a Royal Navy Flower Class trawler, and landed in Portsmouth the following morning. I only discovered the names of the lost crew many years later when I visited the Merchant Navy Memorial on Tower Hill. The ship's Master, J.R.Bramley, was one of the missing". (I.J.Freedman, 6th November 2006)

References

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