Honouring the Men who gave their lives whilst serving in the Merchant Navy
and whose names are on the Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll
and whose names are on the Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll
S.S. AGUILA (Liverpool)
WW2
WW2
Aguila was on route from Liverpool for Gibraltar and Lisbon in Convoy OG-71 on 19 August 1941, carrying a cargo of 400 bags of mail, when she was torpedoed by German submarine U-201 and sunk. The Aguila was the ship of the convoy commodore Vice-Admiral Patrick E. Parker, DSO, RN, and sank within 90 seconds, with the loss of 152 lives.