sentences:  Out of approximately 944 men aboard "Scillin", 787 were not rescued and drowned.Another source states that 806 POWs were killed, as well as 79 Italians.A memorial plaque at the National Memorial Arboretum has been dedicated to the 2000+ British POWs who died at sea during World War II, of which 787 were killed aboard "Scillin".