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Built 1920
Tonnage 6,557 / 10,649 tons
Cargo 2,500 tons of manganese ore, a ton of gold ore and general cargo
Route: Bandar Shapur, Iran - Durban - Port of Spain, Trinidad
Sunk 9 OCT 42 by U–159 on position 35º47"S 14º34"E
6 Dead
48 Survivors
At 11.54 hours on 9 Oct, 1942, the unescorted Coloradan (Master Robert Hugh Murphy) was hit by one torpedo from U-159 about
The crew of nine officers, 30 men and 15 armed guards (the ship was armed with one 4in, one 6pdr, four 20mm and two .30cal guns) launched two lifeboats and all four rafts, but two rafts drifted away before they could be used. Six crew members failed to leave the ship. U-159 surfaced and motioned the #1 boat to come over. The third mate answered questions concerning the ship and cargo. Witte gave them their coordinates and wished them a pleasant voyage and good liberty. All survivors were divided equally among the two boats and sailed together until they were separated on the afternoon of 10 October. 23 men in the #2 boat were picked up by the HMS Active (H 14) on 11 October.
On 19 October, the other boat with 25 men was towed by a fishing boat to
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