US Merchant Marine
Service No: Z 390336
Award: Mariners Medal
Address of Record: Brooklyn, New York
The SS Robin Goodfellow was an American merchant ship owned by Seas Shipping Co Inc of New York. On July 16, 1944, CORNELLO ALCANTARA, who had signed on as 'oiler,' was on board as the ship left Capetown, South Africa. Sailing alone with a cargo of 8620 tons of chrome ore, the ship was bound for Bahia, Brazil and then New York.
On the 25th, around 2:30 p.m., German submarine U-862 spotted the ship in the South Atlantic and torpedoed it, causing the Robin Goodfellow to sink. Although a distress signal was picked up by the Priam, a British merchant ship, nothing was found of the ship or the men.
There were 41 Merchant Mariners and 27 U.S. Navy Armed Guards on board; none survived.
Service No: Z 390336
Award: Mariners Medal
Address of Record: Brooklyn, New York
The SS Robin Goodfellow was an American merchant ship owned by Seas Shipping Co Inc of New York. On July 16, 1944, CORNELLO ALCANTARA, who had signed on as 'oiler,' was on board as the ship left Capetown, South Africa. Sailing alone with a cargo of 8620 tons of chrome ore, the ship was bound for Bahia, Brazil and then New York.
On the 25th, around 2:30 p.m., German submarine U-862 spotted the ship in the South Atlantic and torpedoed it, causing the Robin Goodfellow to sink. Although a distress signal was picked up by the Priam, a British merchant ship, nothing was found of the ship or the men.
There were 41 Merchant Mariners and 27 U.S. Navy Armed Guards on board; none survived.
US Merchant Marine
Service No: Z 390336
Award: Mariners Medal
Address of Record: Brooklyn, New York
The SS Robin Goodfellow was an American merchant ship owned by Seas Shipping Co Inc of New York. On July 16, 1944, CORNELLO ALCANTARA, who had signed on as 'oiler,' was on board as the ship left Capetown, South Africa. Sailing alone with a cargo of 8620 tons of chrome ore, the ship was bound for Bahia, Brazil and then New York.
On the 25th, around 2:30 p.m., German submarine U-862 spotted the ship in the South Atlantic and torpedoed it, causing the Robin Goodfellow to sink. Although a distress signal was picked up by the Priam, a British merchant ship, nothing was found of the ship or the men.
There were 41 Merchant Mariners and 27 U.S. Navy Armed Guards on board; none survived.
Service No: Z 390336
Award: Mariners Medal
Address of Record: Brooklyn, New York
The SS Robin Goodfellow was an American merchant ship owned by Seas Shipping Co Inc of New York. On July 16, 1944, CORNELLO ALCANTARA, who had signed on as 'oiler,' was on board as the ship left Capetown, South Africa. Sailing alone with a cargo of 8620 tons of chrome ore, the ship was bound for Bahia, Brazil and then New York.
On the 25th, around 2:30 p.m., German submarine U-862 spotted the ship in the South Atlantic and torpedoed it, causing the Robin Goodfellow to sink. Although a distress signal was picked up by the Priam, a British merchant ship, nothing was found of the ship or the men.
There were 41 Merchant Mariners and 27 U.S. Navy Armed Guards on board; none survived.
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