History
Lettens Jan30/12/20097.191 ton US Liberty ship, built 1943. 441ftx57ft. Gun on stern. In ballast, Cherbourg for Fowey. Position: In two parts: stern at 50°26´17N - 2°25´30W, bow at 50°36´68N - 02°12´43W Sunk: 29 December, 1944, by torpedo from U-772, which blew off stern. Forepart stayed afloat but was towed into Worbarrow Bay and beached.
Lettens Jan01/07/2010On December 29th, 1944, German submarine U-772 attacks the convoy TBC 21 in the English Channel, 50°28´N, 02°28´W. Freighter Arthur Sewall is torpedoed and the explosion in the engine room kills one man and wounds 5. There are no casualties among the 29-man Armed Guard. Towed to Weymouth, England. Arthur Sewall is later written off as a total loss. Freighter Black Hawk is also a victim of a torpedo from U-772. The blast wounds four of the ship´s 41-man merchant complement (one of whom dies later) but there are no casualties among the 27-man Armed Guard. Black Hawk is abandoned, the survivors being taken on board British corvette HMS Dahlia. Towed subsequently to Warboro Bay, England, Black Hawk is written off as a total loss.ref. used Cressman R. J., Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in WWII