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Built 1920
Tonnage 6,034 / 9,648 tons
Cargo 565 tons of Bauxite Ore
Route: Port of Spain, Trinidad - Georgetown, British Guiana
Sunk 23 SEP 42 by U-512 on pos. 09º 22N" 60º 09"W
0 Dead
48 Survivors
At 11.03 hours on 23 Sep, 1942, the unescorted Antinous (Master Hamilton Powell) lookouts spotted the conning tower of U-515 (Henke) about
The explosion blew off the #2 hatch cover and opened a hole
About three hours after the attack, a volunteer crew reboarded the ship, but the engines could not be restarted. All hands came back on board the next morning and at 20.00 hours, HMS Zwarte Zee (W 163) took the ship in tow. After making five miles, the tug stopped to adjust the tow and to allow HMS Busy to come alongside to assist.
Just then at 18.25 hours on 24 September, U-512 fired a torpedo that struck the stopped Antinous in the #1 hold and the ship began settling immediately. The gun crew again fired seven shots at the U-boat but to no effect. 15 minutes later the crew once again abandoned the ship in three lifeboats and the tugs rescued all hands and landed them at
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