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SS Amsterdam and MV Prins Willem III |
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LLoyd's Warlosses Second World War, Volume I: British, Allied and Neutral Merchant Vessels Sunk or Destroyed by War Causes 3-9-39 to 14-9-45. Published by Lloyd's of London Press, 1989.
Axis Submarine Successes of World War Two: German, Italian and Japanese Submarine Successes, 1939-1945, by Jürgen Rohwer and others. Published in London by Greenhill Books, c1999.
MV WOENSDRECHT (Rohwer spells the name as Woendsrecht) |
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Type of Vessel: Motor Tanker
GRT: 4,668 Date of Attack: September 12th, 1942 Position of Attack: 10° 27 N., 60° 17 W. (Caribbean Sea, off Trinidad) Details: Woensdrecht was en route from Matadi, Belgium Congo, (now Democratic Republic of Congo) to Takoradi, Gold Coast, (now Ghana) to Trinidad, in ballast, when she was torpedoed four times by the u-boat U-515 (Henke). Fortunately, her crew of 34 and 4 gunners were all saved. The forepart of the ship remained afloat and was towed to Trinidad on September 19th, but it was not repairable. Please Click Here for Photo. |
SS AMSTERDAM |
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Type of Vessel: Steam Tanker
GRT: 7,329 Date of Attack: April 16th, 1942 Position of Attack: 12° N., 62° 45W (Caribbean Sea, off Grenada) Details: Amsterdam was en route from Beaumont, Texas, to Freetown, Sierra Leone, and the United Kingdom, with 9500 tons of clean oil, when she was torpedoed by U-66 (Zapp). From her crew of 40, 2 lost their lives. |
MV PRINS WILLEM III |
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Type of Vessel: Motor Freighter
GRT: 1,524 Date of Attack: March 26th, 1943 Position of Attack: 37° N., 2 14° E. (off Algeria in the Mediterannean Sea) Details: Prins Willem III was en route from Silloth, England, (on the Solway Firth) and the Clyde River, Scotland, to Algiers, (now Alger), Algeria, when she was bombed by aircraft. Of her crew of 35 and 1 gunner, 10 of the crew and the gunner were lost. The damaged ship remained afloat and was taken in tow, but capsized and sank early the next day. |
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