SHIPS HIT BRITAIN 240 * - S T U
36)TRIBESMAN (ADM. SCHEER*)
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Built: 1937
Tonnage: 6,242 / 9,200 tons
Cargo: General Cargo
Route: Liverpool – Durban - Calcutta
Sunk 1 DEC 40 by German cruiser Admiral Scheer on pos. 15°00′N 35°00′W
14 Dead
8 Survivors made it to the lifeboats but never seen again.
14 POW
The British steamship Tribesman, on a voyage from Liverpool to Durban and Calcutta, was intercepted by the German battleship Admiral Scheer at 9 p.m. on December 1st, 1940, about 200 miles S.W. of the Cape Verde Islands. The crew and passengers took to the boats, two of which reached the raider and the occupants were taken aboard. The other two boats, with the majority of the ships' officers and crew, escaped in the darkness and were never seen again. After taking what stores she needed the raider sank the Tribesman by gunfire.
