Maloja
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| Name | Maloja | ||
| Type: | Motor merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 6.400 tons | ||
| Completed | 1930 - Fredriksstad Mekaniske Verksted A/S, Fredriksstad | ||
| Owner | Tschudi & Eitzen, Oslo | ||
| Homeport | Oslo | ||
| Date of attack | 8 Nov, 1942 | Nationality:  Norwegian | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-128 (Ulrich Heyse) | ||
| Position | 11.58N, 27.08W - Grid EJ 7443 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 41 (2 dead and 39 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Liverpool - Takoradi | ||
| Cargo | 1000 tons of coal and 87 aircraft | ||
| History | Built as Danwood, 1936 renamed Maloja | ||
| Notes on loss | At 18.45 hours on 8 Nov, 1942, the unescorted Maloja (Master Fritz Blomseth), dispersed from a southbound convoy on 29 October, was hit by one torpedo from U-128. Two crew members were killed and several others injured. After 30 crew members and nine British gunners abandoned ship in lifeboats, the ship was hit by a coup de grāce at 19.07 hours and lost her stern, but was still afloat. The U-boat surfaced and fired 80 shells of 10.5cm, 50 rounds of 3.7cm and 65 rounds of 2cm gunfire. The ship caught fire and sank after four hours. The survivors were picked up the next day by the British steam merchant Egyptian Prince and taken to Freetown. | ||
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