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6)MEDJERDA U-105*



https://www.naval-history.net/Maps1939-08RNStations.GIF




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Built: 1924


Tonnage: 4,578 / 6,850 tons


Cargo: 6,450 tons of iron ore 


Route: Pepel (Sierra Leone) - Freetown - Middlesbrough 


Sunk 18 MAR 41 by U-105 on pos. 16° 27'N 21° 15'W 


39 Dead


0 Survivors


At 04.18 hours on 18 March 1941 the unescorted Medjerda (Master Charles Edward Banks), a straggler from convoy SL-68, was hit on the starboard side underneath the bridge by one G7e torpedo from U-105 and sank immediately after breaking in two within 30 seconds about 90 miles east of the Cape Verde Islands. The master, 34 crew members and four gunners were lost.


By Medjerda (British Steam merchant) - Ships hit by German U-boats during WWII - uboat.net


 

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