 The SS "Storaa" was a merchant vessel sunk by a German torpedo on 3 November 1943 while she was part of a military convoy.Those who died included Royal Navy personnel, as well as merchant seamen.Rosemary Fogg and Valerie Ledgard (the claimants), the daughters of one of the men who died, Petty Officer James Varndell RN, requested that the Ministry of Defence designate the wreck.