My grand father was a Schutterij, Stamboeknummer 4052
WOODS, Henry Swinton
Quartermaster, tanker Punta Gorda, Lago Shipping Co. (UK)
Saba, 17 January 1912
Caribbean Sea, 18 September 1944
Died when ship collided with Belgian tanker Ampetco II, near Cabo San Roman (Venezuela)
Lost at sea, seamans grave
Note. This victim was a survivor of the attack on – and sinking of – tanker San Nicolas on 16 February 1942.
Fireman Lago
survived the attack on merchant tanker SAN NICOLAS (LAGO) by U-502, on 16 February 1942.
Note. This survivor died later in the war, during the collision of tanker Punto Gorda on 18 September 1944.
