At 04:50 on June 13, 1941, SS Djurdjura was torpedoed and sunk by the Italian submarine Brin. The position was 38.53N-23.11W (east of the Azores). Five crew members were saved but thirty-three men perished. The master (Pierre Edmond De La Rue) and thirty-one crew members are commemorated on Tower Hill, Panel 35.
BECHET , Sailor, JOSEPH, S.S. Djurdjura (Manchester). Merchant Navy. 13th June 1941. Age 43.
BIARD , First Radio Officer, VICTOR, S.S. Djurdjura (Manchester). Merchant Navy. 13th June 1941. Age 24.
BREHOLET , Greaser, HENRI, S.S. Djurdjura (Manchester). Merchant Navy. 13th June 1941. Age 34. Croix de Guerre(France), Ordre de la Liberation. Son of Henri and Marie Breholet; husband of Marie Breholet, of St. Pierre de Plesguen, France.
CANBRIERE , Chief Officer, HENRI, S.S. Djurdjura (Manchester). Merchant Navy. 13th June 1941. Age 29.
CANNE , Fourth Engineer Officer, JEAN, S.S. Djurdjura (Manchester). Merchant Navy. 13th June 1941. Age 46.
CLEMENT , Able Seaman, GUILLAUME, S.S. Djurdjura (Manchester). Merchant Navy. 13th June 1941. Age 26.
COULIBALY , Fireman and Trimmer, DIABE, S.S. Djurdjura (Manchester). Merchant Navy. 13th June 1941. Age 29.
DAKER SAID , Fireman and Trimmer, S.S. Djurdjura (Manchester). Merchant Navy. 13th June 1941. Age 35.
DAVID , Sailor, JEAN, S.S. Djurdjura (Manchester). Merchant Navy. 13th June 1941. Age 29.
DE LA RUE , Master, PIERRE-EDMOND, S.S. Djurdjura (Manchester). Merchant Navy. 13th June 1941. Age 39. Son of Pierre-Joseph and Marguerite De La Rue; husband of Yvonne-Marceline De La Rue, of Deurne Noord, Belgium. Croix De Guerre (France).
DETREZ , Sailor, LOUIS, S.S. Djurdjura (Manchester). Merchant Navy. 13th June 1941. Age 20.
DJIGUIBA DIAKE , Fireman and Trimmer, S.S. Djurdjura (Manchester). Merchant Navy. 13th June 1941. Age 42.
FEGEANT , Able Seaman, FRANCOIS, S.S. Djurdjura (Manchester). Merchant Navy. 13th June 1941. Age 37.
GAYE , Fireman and Trimmer, ISMAILA, S.S. Djurdjura (Manchester). Merchant Navy. 13th June 1941. Age 41. His brother Laflo perished with him.
GAYE , Fireman and Trimmer, LAFLO, S.S. Djurdjura (Manchester). Merchant Navy. 13th June 1941. Age 46. His brother Ismaila perished with him.
GUEGAN , Baker, YVES, S.S. Djurdjura (Manchester). Merchant Navy. 13th June 1941. Age 28.
GUIOT , Chief Engineer Officer, ARTHUR, S.S. Djurdjura (Manchester). Merchant Navy. 13th June 1941. Age 62.
GUITTARD , Cook, THEOPHILE, S.S. Djurdjura (Manchester). Merchant Navy. 13th June 1941. Age 39.
KERRAULT , Third Engineer Officer, EUGENE, S.S. Djurdjura (Manchester). Merchant Navy. 13th June 1941. Age 33.
LE GONIDEC , Able Seaman, FRANCOIS, S.S. Djurdjura (Manchester). Merchant Navy. 13th June 1941. Age 37.
LE MOEL , Able Seaman, JEAN, S.S. Djurdjura (Manchester). Merchant Navy. 13th June 1941. Age 30.
MADEC , Greaser, HENRI, Djurdjura (Manchester). Merchant Navy. 13th June 1941. Age 48.
MAMADU , Fireman and Trimmer, KEITH, S.S. Djurdjura (Manchester). Merchant Navy. 13th June 1941. Age 37.
MUIR , Fireman and Trimmer, HUGH, S.S. Djurdjura (Manchester). Merchant Navy. 13th June 1941. Age 34. Son of Hugh Andrew and Agnes Muir.
PEAT , Second Radio Officer, HAROLD HEATHCOTE, S.S. Djurdjura (Manchester). Merchant Navy. 13th June 1941. Age 19. Son of Harold and Ada Peat, of Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Lancashire.
PIERROUX , Able Seaman, LOUIS, S.S. Djurdjura (Manchester). Merchant Navy. 13th June 1941. Age 18.
QUELO , Second Engineer Officer, HENRI, S.S. Djurdjura (Manchester). Merchant Navy. 13th June 1941. Age 34.
QUERE , Boatswain, ALEXIS, S.S. Djurdjura (Manchester). Merchant Navy. 13th June 1941. Age 35.
RAJH , Cook, CHARLES, S.S. Djurdjura (Manchester). Merchant Navy. 13th June 1941. Age 42.
RASANABESA , Steward, JEAN, S.S. Djurdjura (Manchester). Merchant Navy. 13th June 1941. Age 32.
ROUXEL , Donkeyman, THEODORE, S.S. Djurdjura (Manchester). Merchant Navy. 13th June 1941. Age 44. Son of Theodore and Aimee Rouxel; husband of Marie Louise Rouxel, of St. Brieux, Cotes du Nord, France.
TYNGAN , Steward, LE, S.S. Djurdjura (Manchester). Merchant Navy. 13th June 1941. Age 38.
Commemorative data kindly provided by Billy McGee: http://www.british-merchant-navy.co.uk/.