Mandalika
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| Name | Mandalika | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 7.750 tons | ||
| Completed | 1930 - Flensburger Schiffsbau-Ges., Flensburg | ||
| Owner | Koninklijke Rotterdamsche Lloyd NV (W. Ruys & Zonen), Rotterdam | ||
| Homeport | Rotterdam | ||
| Date of attack | 19 Mar, 1941 | Nationality:  Dutch | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-105 (Georg Schewe) | ||
| Position | 18.16N, 21.26W - Grid EJ 3254 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 65 (3 dead and 62 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | SL-68 | ||
| Route | Batavia - Sourabaya - Capetown - Freetown - Belfast | ||
| Cargo | 9200 tons of sugar | ||
| History | Built as German Nordmark for Hamburg-Amerika Linie (Hapag), Hamburg. On 10 May 1940, the ship was seized at Batavia by Netherlands and renamed Mandalika. | ||
| Notes on loss | Between 00.24 and 00.29 hours on 19 Mar, 1941, U-105 fired torpedoes at the convoy SL-68 from within the convoy columns and reported two ships sunk and another probably damaged. However, only the Mandalika (Master L.T.M. Ouwerkerk) was hit by one torpedo on the port side near the engine room. The crew abandoned ship in several lifeboats as the ship slowly sank. Three crew members were lost. The survivors were picked up by the HMS Marguerite (K 54). | ||
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