eg al ▁Ireland . ▁According ▁to ▁at ▁least ▁one ▁e y ew it ness , ▁no ▁bomb s ▁actually ▁hit ▁the ▁ship , ▁but ▁the ▁engines ▁were ▁dam aged ▁by ▁the ▁bl ast ▁and ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁the ▁con voy , ▁with ▁esc ort , ▁sa iled ▁on . ▁ ▁With ▁the ▁ship ▁in ▁a ▁highly ▁vulner able ▁state ▁during ▁a ▁storm ▁( which ▁may , ▁fort uit ously , ▁have ▁been ▁limit ing ▁U - bo at ▁activity ▁in ▁the ▁area ), ▁the ▁engines ▁were ▁restart ed . ▁ ▁Or ons ay ▁then ▁made ▁her ▁way ▁back ▁to ▁port ▁without ▁further ▁incident , ▁though ▁cas ual ties ▁were ▁reported . ▁ ▁On ▁ 9 ▁October ▁ 1 9 4 2 , ▁Or ons ay ▁was ▁sail ing ▁un esc orted ▁in ▁the ▁Atlantic ▁en ▁route ▁from ▁Cape ▁Town ▁to ▁the ▁UK ▁via ▁Fre et own . ▁She ▁was ▁carrying ▁ 5 0 ▁R AF ▁personnel , ▁ 2 0 ▁res cu ed ▁British ▁se amen , ▁and ▁ 8 ▁DE MS ▁g unn ers , ▁with ▁a ▁cargo ▁of ▁ 1 , 2 0 0 ▁tons ▁of ▁co pper ▁and ▁ 3 , 0 0 0 ▁tons ▁of ▁or anges . ▁When ▁she ▁was ▁some ▁ 5 0 0 ▁miles ▁south west ▁of ▁Fre et own , ▁she ▁was ▁tor ped o ed ▁by ▁the ▁Italian ▁sub marine ▁. ▁As ▁the ▁boats ▁were ▁being ▁lower ed ▁a ▁second ▁tor ped o ▁was ▁launched , ▁hitting ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁boats ▁and ▁killing ▁five