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Built 1934
Tonnage: 4,161 / 7,830 tons
Cargo: 2,095 tons of chemicals
Route: Ellesmere Port - Santos
Sunk on 24 JUL 43 by U–199 on position 25º 30'S 44º 00'W
2 Dead
62 Survivors
At 09.30 hours on 24 Jul, 1943, the unescorted Henzada (Master William Innes McIntosh) was torpedoed and sunk by U-199 about 100 miles southwest of Rio de Janeiro. Two gunners were lost. The master, 55 crew members and six gunners were picked up by the Panamanian tanker Baltic and landed at Montevideo on 28 July.
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