Three years after entering national service it was torpedoed and sunk on the evening of September 12,1942, by the German submarine U-256 in the Atlantic Ocean about 130 miles north-northeast of Ascension Island with the loss of over 1,600 passengers and crew.
It was torpedoed and sunk on the evening of September 12,1942. This was by the German submarine U-256 in the Atlantic Ocean about 130 miles north-northeast of Ascension Island with the loss of over 1,600 passengers. This was by crew. It was entering national service.