Ships

Khedive Ismail SS

Also Named: Aconcagua

 

This Page Is Dedicated To

236448

Sister

Littleton, Mary Joyce

 

United Kingdom

Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service

 

 

Died

Japanese PoW:

No

Age:

26

Date of Death:

1944/02/12

Cause of Death:

Lost when the SS Khedive Ismail was sunk

Place of Death:

One and a Half Degree Channel - South-west of the Maldives near coordinates 01°25'N 72°22E

 

Loved Ones

Daughter of John and Louietta Mary Littleton, of Wheyrigg, Cumberland

 

Memorial

Panel 22. Column 2.

Brookwood Memorial, Surrey, United Kingdom

 

Sailing on 6 February 1944 from Kilindini Harbour at Mombasa, Kenya to Colombo, Ceylon in Convoy KR-8, the SS Khedive Ismail was attacked by a B1 type Japanese submarine. The Khedive Ismail was hit by two torpedoes. 1,297 perished.

 

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