SS AMAKURA(2)

SS AMAKURA in peacetime flying Bookers House Flag

Built:	1924
Builder:	Caledon Shipbuilding Company Ltd, Dundee Scotland.
Propulsion:	Single-screw steamship
Tonnage:	1,987 GRT
Comments:	On the 25th August 1942, the Amakura(2) was torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-588 (Krech), in the Atlantic E of Port Morant, Jamaica, in position 17.46N 75.52W while on a voyage from Liverpool to Demerara British Guiana via Key West 18.8.42 and Trinidad, with 2260 tons of general cargo, a straggler from convoy TAW 15 comprising 29 ships. The Master, Captain Thomas Orford, 25 crew and 5 gunners landed at Point Morant Light house, Jamaica, but 13 of her crew were lost. More details of the Amakura can be found on the War Years page. SS AMAKURA loading general cargo for Guyana at Liverpool docks.