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- SWEDISH SHIPS LOST

5)LIMA U-506




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Built: 1918


Tonnage: 3,764 / 6,530 tons


Route: Cochin  India- Table Bay - Freetown - UK


Cargo: 2,500 tons of manganese ore, 2,500 tons of tea and 1,500 tons of tobacco.


Sunk 12 SEP 42 by U-506 on pos. 02º 35’N 11º 22’W


3 Dead


30 Survivors


At 00.58 hs. on 13 Sep, 1942, the unescorted Lima was torpedoed and sunk by U-506 off Liberia. The U-boat misidentified her as Sima (5,244 grt).


By Lima (Swedish Motor merchant) - Ships hit by German U-boats during WWII - uboat.net


 

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