Brasiloide
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| Name | Brasiloide | ||
| Type: | Motor merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 6.075 tons | ||
| Completed | 1936 - Howaldtswerke AG, Hamburg | ||
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| Date of attack | 18 Feb, 1943 | Nationality:  Brazilian | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-518 (Friedrich-Wilhelm Wissmann) | ||
| Position | 12.47S, 37.33W - Grid FJ 8577 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 134 (94 dead and 40 survivors). | ||
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| History | Built as German Montevideo for Hamburg-Südamerikanische DG, Hamburg 20 Nov, 1939 laid up at Rio Grande; 27 Jan, 1942 seized by Brazil and renamed Brasiloide | ||
| Notes on loss | At 03.15 hours on 18 Feb, 1943, the Brasiloide was torpedoed by U-518, broke in two and sank in 12.38S/37.57W. | ||
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