SHIPS HIT SWEDEN 11 - SWEDISH SHIPS LOST
9)TISNAREN (IT SUB CAPPELLINI)
Photo. City of Vancouver Archives CVA 447-2768
Built: 1918
Tonnage: 5,788 / 9,347 tons
Cargo: General cargo including Scottish Whiskey
Route: Liverpool - Rio de Janeiro
Sunk 18 MAY 42 by Italian submarine Capellini on pos 03º 00”N 33º 00 W.
0 Dead
41 Survivors
M/S Tisnaren was sunk by torpedoes and machinegunned by Italian submarine Capellini some 750 miles from Brazilian coast. All passengers were safely plucked into 3 lifeboats including one woman. The Italian sub did not surfaced to interrogate crewmembers or render any assistance and was not seen any longer. Later in the same day the boats were spotted by the merchantmen Green Moutain which rescued them and eight days later they were put ashore in Trinidad.
By http://tisnaren.blogspot.com/2007/09/attack.html
By http://tisnaren.blogspot.com/2007/09/attack.html
