The ship was attacked by German E-Boats during a midnight engagement on September 10th-11th and was struck by a torpedo on her number three magazine on the port side
Footnote: Franz Halder was born on June 30
Earl Roberts
Republic (South Korea) War Service Medals (one in red bronze
surrounded by a wreath of red and white roses with laurel leaves
Germany, Wehrmacht. A Mint Panzer Assault Badge, Silver Grade Auction Archive The ship was attacked by(Panzerkampfabzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silvered tombak, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Heer style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, around a central Panzer IV rolling over grassy terrain, with its left tread extending beyond the edge of the wreath, the reverse with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked, measuring 41.