SHIPS SUNK LADDEN WITH PLANES IN THEIR DECKS - PRECIOUS CARGO LOST

8)DAHOMIAN U-852

SS Dahomian seen as Greek Themoni. Photo Themoni 1929 (tynebuiltships.co.uk) Courtesy of Clive Ketley.

Built 1929

Tonnage:  5,277 / 7,300 tons

Cargo: 5,198 tons of general cargo, including 17 aircraft and mail 

Route: New York - Trinidad - Capetown 

Sunk 01 APR 44 by U-852 on pos 34º 25’S 18º 19’E 

2 Dead

49 Survivors

Completed in June 1929 as Greek Themoni for Kassos Steam Navigation Co Ltd (Pnevmaticos, Rethymnis, Yannaghas), Syra. 1933 sold to Britain and renamed Dahomian for United Africa Co Ltd, London. 

On 1 Apr, 1944, the unescorted Dahomian (Master William Logan Taylor) was torpedoed and sunk by U-852 ten miles west-southwest of Cape Point, South Africa. Two crew members were lost. The master, 41 crew members and seven gunners were picked up by the South African armed whalers HMSAS Krugersdorp (T 48) and HMSAS Natalia (T 02) and landed at Simonstown.

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