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SHIPS HIT GERMANY 22* - BLOCKADEBRECHER

18)OLINDA (SCUTTLED)




Photo. https://www.panzerschiffadmiralgrafspee.de/lagefeststellung-lagebeurteilung-und-entschluss/


Built: 1927
Tonnage:  4,576 / 7,052 dwt   
Length 349,5 ft.
Beam 50,4 ft.
Draught 23,7 ft 
Speed 10.5 kts 
Cargo: Wool, woods, scrap iron, cotton, and hides.

Scuttled 3 SEP 39 on pos. 33º 58’S 53º 27’W. to avoid capture by RN Cruiser HMS Ajax.


0 Dead   

42 crewmembers taken as POW and placed aboard British tanker San Gerardo which disembarked the prisoners at Montevideo. First detained by Uruguayan authorities, they later were released in custody of the German Consul.



Above, Tanker San Gerardo. Photo https://www.helderline.com/tanker/san-gerardo-1


 

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