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Built: 1915
Tonnage: 6,368 / 9,300 tons
Cargo: 2,000 tons of sand as ballast
Route: Port Said - Capetown - Trinidad - New York
Sunk 11 NOV 42 by U-160 on pos. 08° 40'N 59° 20'W
56 Dead
22 Survivors
At 08.01 hours on 11 Nov 1942 the unescorted City of Ripon (Master John Edward Robinson) was hit aft by one torpedo from U-160 and sank after being hit by two coups de grâce at 08.11 hours about 90 miles northwest of Georgetown, British Guiana. 52 crew members and four gunners were lost. The master, 18 crew members and three gunners were picked up by the Brazilian steam merchant Midosi and landed at Port of Spain, Trinidad.
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