This article is devoted to the memory of the officers

WW2 Ship Battle This article is devoted to the memory of the officers and men of the SS Nailsea Court who were lost in real life amid the Battle of The Atlantic on the tenth March 1943.

Review of Events - ss Nailsea Court

The SS Nailsea Court was possessed by E.R. Administration Co. LTD (Evans and Reid) - Cardiff and was implicit 1936 by the Bantham Steamship Co. Ltd. Her GRT was 4946.

On the tenth March 1943 she was torpedoed and soaked in the Atlantic, South of Reykjavik in position 58.45N 21.57W by U-229 (Commanded by Oberleutant Schetelig), part of the "Ostmark" watch gathering of eleven U-water crafts.

Her last voyage was as a major aspect of Convoy SC 121 which contained 57 ships. The entry was from Beira, Mozambique to New York 23.2.43 and after that London. The Nailsea Court was conveying 2 travelers and 7661 tons of general freight including 650 tons of copper bars, 800 tons of nickel mineral and asbestos.

The Master, Capt. Robert James Lee (matured 46 and from Penarth, South Wales), 33 team, 9 heavy armament specialists and travelers were lost. One team part was safeguarded by the salvage ship Melrose Abbey 1908/29 (Commanded by Capt Ralph Good OBE) and arrived at Gourock 13.3.43; Another 3 group were protected by RCN corvette Dauphin 925/40 (K.157) (Commanded by Lt M.H. Wallace) and arrived at Londonderry 13.3.43.

Surviving Officer from the Nailsea Court, Mr H C Bette, gave an emotional direct record of the evenings awful occasions.

What was the fate of the U-229?

Oberleutnant zur See Robert Schetelig and his team of 49 were along these lines lost in the North Atlantic on the 22nd September 1943 when the U-229, then part of the "Leuthen" watch gathering of nineteen U-vessels, was sunk by profundity charges, gunfire and slamming while assaulting caravan ON 202 involving 38 ships in the Atlantic 430 miles ESE of Cape Farewell, in position 54.36N 36.25W by HM destroyer pioneer Keppel 1750/20 (D.84) (Cdr M.J.Evans) of Escort Group B.

Leader Evans was consequently lost in real life on the seventh May 1944.

A dedication to the Crew of the Nailsea Court and all other vendor men lost can be found at Tower Hill London.