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Originally Posted by Mk VII
The S.S. Silvercedar was carrying '1000 S&W .38 Revolvers in 10 c/s' when she was torpedoed and sunk on 17th October 1941 by U-553 in the North Atlantic en route from New York and Sydney, C.B. for Liverpool in convoy SC-48.
I noted several (many) similar entries in the loss records when I was doing research for the Thompson book, but as I wasn't focussed on revolvers at the time I only noted some in passing. It would be possible to arrive at a figure for losses on the British Purchasing Commission's account. But the volume of manifests during the worst period of losses is formidable.
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That's interesting. I wonder if a laborious trudge through the manifests would give a true figure of losses similar to that which you found in your extensive reach for the Thompson SMG book. If I remember this was a tad under 5% of TSMG shipped to the UK , lost at sea?
Regards
AlanD