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SURVIVORS ADRIFT IN SOUTH ATLANTIC * - SURVIVORS

4)SURVIVORS EGYPT




At 14.20 hours on 15 Dec 1942 the unescorted Star of Suez was hit amidships by one torpedo from U-159 and sank after 17 minutes about 100 miles south of St. Pauls Rocks. One crew member was killed. The U-boat had spotted the ship at 12.07 hours and almost at the same time U-134 (Schendel), which also tried to get into a firing position since 10.55 hours. Witte questioned the survivors in the two lifeboats and recovered 45 aircraft tires, a 20 hp electric motor and 120 grapefruits from the flotsam.


The boat in charge of the master with eleven occupants made landfall 23 miles southeast of Fortaleza at night on 23 December 1942, but the second officer died of exhaustion after reaching land. 30 survivors in the boat in charge of the chief officer reached Fortaleza on 26 December. In all 42 survivors reached land.


 

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