Ships hit by U-boats


Parnahyba

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NameParnahyba
Type:Steam merchant
Tonnage6,692 tons
Completed1913 - Flensburger Schiffsbau-Ges., Flensburg 
OwnerCia de Navegação Lloyd Brasileiro, Rio de Janeiro 
HomeportRio de Janeiro 
Date of attack1 May 1942Nationality:      Brazilian
 
FateSunk by U-162 (Jürgen Wattenberg)
Position10.12N, 57.16W - Grid EO 2121
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Complement72 (7 dead and 65 survivors).
Convoy
RouteRio de Janeiro - Pernambuco - New York 
CargoCoffee, cocoa, castor oil seed and cotton 
History Completed in March 1913 as German Alrich for Roland Linie AG, Bremen. 1917 seized by Brazil and renamed Parnahyba
Notes on loss

At 20.46 hours on 1 May, 1942, the unescorted Parnahyba (Master Raul Francisco Diegali) was hit by one torpedo from U-162 near Trinidad. The ship was finished off with 56 rounds from the deck gun after the survivors abandoned ship.

 


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