On 2nd December 1940, U-47 fired a single torpedo, striking S.S. Ville d'Arlon amidships and sinking the British merchant vessel in the mid-Atlantic ocean.
Merchant Navy
Cattleman James Hamill of Portadown, Co. Armagh served in the Merchant Navy. He was on S.S. Ville d'Arlon when it came under attack in the Atlantic in 1940.