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Koorn, Dirk

Date of birth:
June 4th, 1910 (Velsen/North Holland, Netherlands)
Date of death:
December 1st, 1942 (Atlantic Ocean near Sierra Leone)
Nationality:
Dutch

Biography

Third mate ss Tjileboet
Seaman's grave

The Tjileboet left Belfast Loch for Bahia on November 10, 1942. Since then, nothing has been heard from those on board. It later emerged that the ship was torpedoed WSW of Freetown on November 28, 1942, killing 61 people, including helmsman Koorn.

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