Ships

Khedive Ismail SS

Also Named: Aconcagua

 

Passengers

 

This Page Is Dedicated To

D/KX 528054

Stoker 2nd Class

Humphreys, George Henry

 

United Kingdom

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Lanka

 

Died

Japanese POW:

No

Age:

27

Date of Death:

1944/02/12

Place of Death:

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

Cause of Death:

Lost when the SS Khedive Ismail was sunk

 

Loved Ones

Son of George and Rachel Humphreys, of Seven Kings, Essex

 

Memorial

Panel 90, Column 2.

Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon, 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. 1297 perished.

 

Britain at War

 

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