Return of the Killer

October 27, 2021

Barnet Mackenzie Copland changed into the thirty 12 months vintage Chief Officer of the 13,465 lots passenger liner Athenia when she left Liverpool for America on 2d September, 1939, sporting 1400 passengers. The Athenia turning into the closing passenger deliver out of Europe earlier than struggle changed into declared. She was a part of the Donaldson Atlantic Line and commonly ran frequently on the Glasgow to Montreal direction. It is any other accident that the ships predecessor, the primary Donaldson liner, Athenia became torpedoed off Inishtrahull in August 1917.

Shortly after dinner, Copland discovered Mrs Rose Griffin of Toronto, lying subconscious at the foot of the steps main to 'D' deck, likely due to a terrible fall. Copland managed to get her to the unwell bay and known as the physician.

Mrs Griffin was still unconscious whilst, later tomorrow, Oberleutnant Fritz-Julius Lemp, the 26 12 months old commander of the German submarine U-30, sighted Athenia approximately 2 hundred miles West of the Hebrides. Four hours earlier he had received the signal telling him that his country became now at battle with Britain. Lemp ordered 3 torpedoes to be fired at the Athenia. These were the primary photographs fired at sea of World War II. Two of them ignored. But the 1/3 hit the lining broadside inside the engine room. With this explosion, Athenia then have become the first sea casualty of World War II.

Copland became one of the remaining to depart the sinking deliver after setting up the release of all lifeboats. He turned into picked up via the destroyer HMS Electra, which was one of the ships that had replied Athenia's misery call. Climbing aboard, he met the Athenia's health practitioner and became instructed that inside the confusion Mrs Griffin were left at the back of.

Copland right now organised her rescue and with two volunteers, again with them to the sinking liner. They discovered her list over thirty tiers, this nearly fifteen hours on the grounds that being hit with the aid of the torpedo. The liner turned into still struggling to stay afloat. Risking their lives in a race towards time, Copland and the two volunteers discovered the unconscious Mrs Griffin - she become near drowning within the flooded sick bay. Hurriedly, they were given her from the deliver to safety again aboard the destroyer. Tragically, the rescued lady in no way regained attention and died two weeks later in a Glasgow hospital.

Copland was awarded the OBE for his bravery. Then almost years passed. In May 1941, Copland became serving aboard the freighter Esmond, sailing in an Atlantic convoy. The convoy changed into sighted with the aid of a newly-commissioned enemy submarine, the U-a hundred and ten. For the second one time in his profession, Copland's ship was torpedoed.

But escorting destroyers closed in mercilessly at the submarine. Aubretia placed down ten depth charges which blew U-a hundred and ten to the surface. Two others, Bulldog and Broadway then pounded it with shell-fire. The battered submarine surrendered and changed into captured. Thirty-4 contributors of her crew have been rescued from the water - however her commander turned into no longer among them. That commander, who was never visible once more, became none aside from Fritz-Julius Lemp, the man who had sunk Athenia. Thus, for the second one time, and in dramatic style, even though they never met, did the hand of Fate cause the trails of Copland and Lemp to cross every different.

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