At 19.30 hours on June 29, 1941, SS St. Anselm (with a mixed cargo from Calcutta) was straggling from SL.78 when she was found by U-66. However, it was not until 05.58 hours on June 30, 1941, after six unsuccessful attacks, that St. Anselm was eventually hit by a torpedo and sank by the stern within 25 minutes. The position was 31.00N, 26.00W (west of Madeira). The master (Thomas Ross) and seventeen crew members were picked up HMS Moreton Bay and taken back to Freetown. Fifteen other survivors were rescued by the Spanish vessel 'Tom' and landed in Buenos Aires. Thirty-four crew members, all Lascars, lost their lives and are commemorated on the Bombay/Chittagong War Memorial.
ABDUL AZIZ , Seaman, S.S. Saint Anselm (Liverpool)., Indian Merchant Navy. 30 June 1941. Age 42.
ABDUL BARI , Fireman, S.S. Saint Anselm (Liverpool), Indian Merchant Navy. 30 June 1941. Age 37.
ABDUL SATAR , Bhandary, S.S. Saint Anselm (Liverpool), Indian Merchant Navy. 30 June 1941. Age 45.
ABDUS SUBHAN , Fireman, S.S. Saint Anselm (Liverpool), Indian Merchant Navy. 30 June 1941. Age 22.
ADU MIAN , Seaman, S.S. Saint Anselm (Liverpool), Indian Merchant Navy. 30 June 1946. Age 36.
AKBAR ALI , Donkeyman, S.S. Saint Anselm (Liverpool), Indian Merchant Navy. 30 June 1941. Age 30.
ALI MIAN , Bhandary, S.S. Saint Anselm (Liverpool), Indian Merchant Navy. 30 June 1941. Age 35.
ALI MIAN , Donkeyman, S.S. Saint Anselm (Liverpool), Indian Merchant Navy. 30 June 1941. Age 35.
ALIM-UD-DIN , Seacunny, S.S. Saint Anselm (Liverpool), Indian Merchant Navy. 30 June 1941. Age 47.
ALI-UD-DIN , Seacunny, S.S. Saint Anselm (Liverpool), Indian Merchant Navy. 30 June 1941.
ALUM MIAN , Tindal, S.S. Saint Anselm (Liverpool), Indian Merchant Navy. 30 June 1941. Age 37.
ATAR ALI , Cassab, S.S. Saint Anselm (Liverpool), Indian Merchant Navy. 30 June 1941. Age 23.
BASU MIAN , Fireman, S.S. Saint Anselm (Liverpool), Indian Merchant Navy. 30 June 1941. Age 22.
CHINNA , Deck Serang, S.S. Saint Anselm (Liverpool), Indian Merchant Navy. 30 June 1941. Age 44.
IDRIS , Cassab, S.S. Saint Anselm (Liverpool), Indian Merchant Navy. 30 June 1941. Age 32.
IMARAT ALI , Trimmer, S.S. Saint Anselm (Liverpool), Indian Merchant Navy. 30 June 1941. Age 42.
JALAL AHMAD , Seacunny, S.S. Saint Anselm (Liverpool), Indian Merchant Navy. 30 June 1941. Age 37.
JOYNAL AHMAD , Seaman, S.S. Saint Anselm (Liverpool), Indian Merchant Navy. 30 June 1941. Age 22.
KALA MIAN , Trimmer, S.S. Saint Anselm (Liverpool), Indian Merchant Navy. 30 June 1941. Age 23.
KHURSHID ALI , Trimmer, S.S. Saint Anselm (Liverpool), Indian Merchant Navy. 30 June 1941. Age 20.
MAQBUL AHMAD , Trimmer, S.S. Saint Anselm (Liverpool), Indian Merchant Navy. 30 June 1941. Age 30.
MARFAT ULLAH , Fireman, S.S. Saint Anselm (Liverpool), Indian Merchant Navy. 30 June 1941. Age 34.
MIRZA ALI , Seaman, S.S. Saint Anselm (Liverpool), Indian Merchant Navy. 30 June 1941. Age 37.
MUHAMMAD HUSAIN , Seaman, S.S. Saint Anselm (Liverpool), Indian Merchant Navy. 30 June 1941. Age 27.
MUNIR AHMAD , Seaman, S.S. Saint Anselm (Liverpool), Indian Merchant Navy. 30 June 1941. Age 22.
MURAD MIAN , Seaman, S.S. Saint Anselm (Liverpool), Indian Merchant Navy. 30 June 1941. Age 47.
MURTAZA ALI , Trimmer, S.S. Saint Anselm (Liverpool), Indian Merchant Navy. 30 June 1941. Age 21.
MUSLIM , Greaser, S.S. Saint Anselm (Liverpool), Indian Merchant Navy. 30 June 1941. Age 45.
PHAGU , Topass, S.S. Saint Anselm (Liverpool), Indian Merchant Navy. 30 June 1941. Age 39.
RUSTAM MIAN , Fireman, S.S. Saint Anselm (Liverpool), Indian Merchant Navy. lost in S.S. Jumna (London) 30 June 1941. Age 32.
SALAMAT ULLAH , Deck Tindal, S.S. Saint Anselm (Liverpool), Indian Merchant Navy. 30 June 1941. Age 41.
SAWAB ULLAH , Fireman, S.S. Saint Anselm (Liverpool), Indian Merchant Navy. 30 June 1941. Age 30.
SIKANDAR ALI , Seaman, S.S. Saint Anselm (Liverpool), Indian Merchant Navy. 30 June 1941. Age 34.
SIKANDAR ALI , Fireman's Serang, S.S. Saint Anselm (Liverpool), Indian Merchant Navy. 30 June 1941. Age 38.
Commemorative data kindly provided by Billy McGee: http://www.british-merchant-navy.co.uk/.