{"id":451,"date":"2024-03-21T11:07:47","date_gmt":"2024-03-21T11:07:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seswpcourse.hosted7.connect.ie\/?p=451"},"modified":"2024-03-21T11:39:10","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T11:39:10","slug":"remember-luimenach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seswpcourse.hosted7.connect.ie\/index.php\/2024\/03\/21\/remember-luimenach\/","title":{"rendered":"Remember – Luimenach"},"content":{"rendered":"

S.S. Luimenach<\/span><\/h2>\n
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Sunk by U-Boat U-46 gunfire in North Atlantic, 4th September 1940<\/p><\/div>\n

Able Seaman M Carrol died later of pneumonia.<\/span><\/p>\n

On 4 Sep, 1940, the unescorted and neutral Luimneach (Master Eric Septimus Jones) was stopped by U-46 with two shots across her bow west-southwest of the Scilly Isles and was sunk at 20.00 hours by gunfire. There are differences in the accounts given by the captains. Endrass claimed that Capt Eric Jones and his crew \u201clost their heads completely\u201d with one man jumping into the water, at the shot across the bows by his U-boat. But Jones was an experienced captain. The Luimneach had survived twelve aerial attacks during the Spanish Civil War. He took the ship\u2019s papers with him and they are now in the Dublin Public Records Office. Following an inquiry, on 4 March 1941, D\u00f6nitz concluded that the U-boat acted correctly in sinking an \u201cabandoned ship\u201d. Endrass did not converse with the Luimneach, who were of the opinion that he was Italian. Endrass said that the flag was \u201cBritish or Irish\u201d. There were two lifeboats, One was picked up by a Spanish trawler and brought to Spain. The other was picked up by a French trawler. Those landed in France were detained by the Nazis. Two of the crew were British and were imprisoned. The Chief Officer, from Belfast, also had British papers, but because of his advanced age was allowed to live in Paris. The Second Engineer was Dutch and was allowed to go to Antwerp. The remainder returned to Ireland via Portugal.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Captain<\/span><\/td>\nE. Jones,<\/span><\/td>\nWales<\/span><\/td>\nCaptain\u2019s Boat<\/span><\/td>\nReturned<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chief Officer<\/span><\/td>\nJ McKelvey<\/span><\/td>\nBelfast<\/span><\/td>\nMate\u2019s Boat<\/span><\/td>\nParis<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Second Officer<\/span><\/td>\nC. Meriditt,<\/span><\/td>\nDublin;<\/span><\/td>\nCaptain\u2019s Boat<\/span><\/td>\nReturned<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chief Engineer<\/span><\/td>\nR. Spence,<\/span><\/td>\nDublin;<\/span><\/td>\nCaptain\u2019s Boat<\/span><\/td>\nReturned<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Second Engineer<\/span><\/td>\nH. Madsen<\/span><\/td>\nAntwerp<\/span><\/td>\nMate\u2019s Boat<\/span><\/td>\nAntwerp<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cook<\/span><\/td>\nS. Tice,<\/span><\/td>\nLondon;<\/span><\/td>\nCaptain\u2019s Boat<\/span><\/td>\nReturned<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Steward<\/span><\/td>\nR. Wilkes,<\/span><\/td>\nLondon;<\/span><\/td>\nCaptain\u2019s Boat<\/span><\/td>\nReturned<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Able Seaman<\/span><\/td>\nA. Robert\u00adson,<\/span><\/td>\nLimerick;<\/span><\/td>\nCaptain\u2019s Boat<\/span><\/td>\nReturned<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Able Seaman<\/span><\/td>\nB. Quirk,<\/span><\/td>\nKilmore Quay,<\/span><\/td>\nCaptain\u2019s Boat<\/span><\/td>\nReturned<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Able Seaman<\/span><\/td>\nM. Carrol,<\/span><\/td>\nDungarvan<\/span><\/td>\nCaptain\u2019s Boat<\/span><\/td>\ndied<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Able Seaman<\/span><\/td>\nJ Moran<\/span><\/td>\nTarbet, Kerry<\/span><\/td>\nMate\u2019s Boat<\/span><\/td>\nReturned<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Able Seaman<\/span><\/td>\nM Curran<\/span><\/td>\nTarbet, Kerry<\/span><\/td>\nMate\u2019s Boat<\/span><\/td>\nReturned<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fireman<\/span><\/td>\nM McCarthy<\/span><\/td>\nTarbet, Kerry<\/span><\/td>\nMate\u2019s Boat<\/span><\/td>\nReturned<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fireman<\/span><\/td>\nL O’Neill,<\/span><\/td>\nGlasgow;<\/span><\/td>\nCaptain\u2019s Boat<\/span><\/td>\nReturned<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fireman<\/span><\/td>\nE. Richards<\/span><\/td>\nBristol<\/span><\/td>\nMate\u2019s Boat<\/span><\/td>\nimprisoned<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fireman<\/span><\/td>\nN. Bartello<\/span><\/td>\nMalta<\/span><\/td>\nMate\u2019s Boat<\/span><\/td>\nimprisoned<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fireman<\/span><\/td>\nT. Conway<\/span><\/td>\nDublin<\/span><\/td>\nMate\u2019s Boat<\/span><\/td>\nReturned<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fireman<\/span><\/td>\nJohn. Confrey<\/span><\/td>\nDun Laoghaire<\/span><\/td>\nMate\u2019s Boat<\/span><\/td>\nReturned<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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S.S. Luimenach Able Seaman M Carrol died later of pneumonia. On 4 Sep, 1940, the unescorted and neutral Luimneach (Master Eric Septimus Jones) was stopped by U-46 with two shots across her bow west-southwest of the Scilly Isles and was sunk at 20.00 hours by gunfire. There are differences in the accounts given by the…<\/span><\/p>\n

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