World War IIDS Bill

DS Bill was en route from Brazil to New York when the ship was torpedoed by the German U-boat U-155 on July 29, 1942. A Brazilian helper boy perished in the sinking. The Norwegian captain was captured by the U-boat and died in the fall of 1942 due to heart disease in a prisoner camp in France.

 

About DS Bill

  • Nationality

    11659

  • Built

    1939

  • Wrecked

    27.07.1942

  • Carrier

    L. Gill - Johannessen, Oslo

  • Tonnage

    4020 dvt

Casualties