Olinda
Olinda after being stopped by U-432
| Name | Olinda | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4.053 tons | ||
| Completed | 1905 - Wm. Hamilton & Co Ltd, Port Glasgow | ||
| Owner | Cia de Carbonífera Rio Grandese, Rio de Janeiro | ||
| Homeport | Rio de Janeiro | ||
| Date of attack | 18 Feb, 1942 | Nationality:  Brazilian | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-432 (Heinz-Otto Schultze) | ||
| Position | 37.30N, 75W - Grid CA 5817 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 46 (0 dead and 46 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Pernambuco - St. Lucia - New York | ||
| Cargo | 53.400 bags of cocoa and other food stuff like coffee and castor beans | ||
| History | Completed in December 1905 as British Cara for Cara SS Co Ltd (Japp & Kirby), Liverpool. 1912 sold to Netherlands and renamed Kennemerland for Koninklijke Hollandsche Lloyd, Amsterdam. 1934 sold to Brazil and renamed Olinda.
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| Notes on loss | At 18.07 hours on 18 Feb, 1942, the neutral Olinda (Master Jacob Benemond) was stopped by U-432 off Cape Hatteras with a shot across her bow. The crew abandoned ship in two lifeboats and was questioned by the Germans. The vessel was shelled and finally sunk with a coup de grâce at 21.00 hours. The survivors were picked up the next day by USS Dallas (DD 199). | ||
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