Honouring the Men who gave their lives whilst serving in the Merchant Navy
and whose names are on the Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll

M.V. BISHOPDALE  -  WW2

On 14 December 1944 Bishopdale was in San Pedro Bay when she was struck by a Japanese ‘Val’ dive bomber. The kamikaze aircraft hit the ship’s forward mast, then crashed into the starboard upper bridge and the No.3 wing tank where it exploded. Bishopdale suffered significant damage and over the next few days three of her ship’s company died of wounds. They were 26-year old Able Seaman Stuart Savage (one of the ship’s Australian DEMS gunners), Indian Pumpman Umar Abdullah (Omer Abdoola) who died on 15 December 1944 and Pumpman Coner A. Sheik who died on 16 December.​   - https://navyhistory.au/rfa-bishopdale