THOMAS COSTELLO
( not Castello as listed )
Rank:Carpenter
Date of Death : 06/06/1941
Age:23
Home : Chaddock Lane, Boothstown, Lancs
Service:Merchant Navy S.S. Tregarthen (London)
Panel Reference: Panel 110. Memorial:TOWER HILL MEMORIAL
Route Cardiff - Kingston, Jamaica
Cargo 7800 tons of coal
Notes on event
At 23.25 hours on 6 June 1941 the unescorted Tregarthen (Master Leonard Daniel),
dispersed on 5 June from convoy OB-329 in 51°48N/20°48W,
was hit in the stern by two torpedoes from U-48 north-northwest of the Azores.
The ship capsized and sank within three minutes.
The master, 41 crew members and three gunners were lost.