Name: |
COBURN |
Given Name: |
FRANK STILWELL |
Initials: |
F S |
Rank: |
Boatswain (Bosun)Other Casualties of this Rank |
Regiment: |
Merchant Navy |
Unit: |
M.V. Narragansett (London)Other Casualties from this Unit |
Date of Death: |
1942-03-25Other Casualties on this
Date |
Date of Birth: |
1916-12-31 |
Age: |
25 |
Cause of Death: |
At 06.09 hours on 25 March 1942 the unescorted Narragansett (Master Michael Blackburn Roberts) was hit in the stern by one torpedo from U-105 about 400 miles east of Hampton Roads, Virginia and sank burning after a hit with a coup de gr?ce at 06.18 hours. The master, 42 crew members and six gunners were lost. The tanker had been missed by a spread of three torpedoes at 04.01 hours and a spread of two torpedoes at 04.08 hours. |
Additional
Information: |
Son of George Oldham Coburn and Gertrude Jessie Coburn. Born Heidelberg, Transvaal. Educated Witbank Intermediate School; General Botha Cadet Draft 1931-2. In 1933 Frank Stilwell Coburn became an apprentice with Messrs. Hogarth & Sons, serving in their Baron Dichmont and later in their Narragansett, when she was lost in mid-Atlantic on 25 March 1942. |
This information was last verified for accuracy: 2026-02-14
