Identity
Person No.
10941
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
First Name
Isaac
Initials
I
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
22
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,780
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action. On 16 January 1941 at 0356 hrs Oropesa was southeast of Rockall in the Western Approaches when the German Type VIIC submarine U-96, commanded by Kptlt Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock, hit her in the stern with one G7a torpedo. Oropesa did not sink immediately, so U-96 waited and at 0440 hrs fired another torpedo, but that malfunctioned and went in circles. U-96 fired again at 0503 and 0559 hrs, this time hitting Oropesa beneath her bridge and amidships. The liner capsized and sank at 0616 hrs
Military Service
Rank
Steward
Regiment
Corps
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
Unknown
Location
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Locality
Cemetery
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Notes
ref. South African Roll of Honour 1939-45
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