Amazone
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| Name | Amazone | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 1.294 tons | ||
| Completed | 1922 - Meyer & Co´s Scheepsbouw Mij NV, Zalt-Bommel | ||
| Owner | Koninklijke Nederlandsche Stoomboot Mij NV, Amsterdam | ||
| Homeport | Amsterdam | ||
| Date of attack | 6 May, 1942 | Nationality:  Dutch | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-333 (Peter-Erich Cremer) | ||
| Position | 27.21N, 80.04W - Grid DB 9763 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 25 (14 dead and 11 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Curaçao - Haiti (29 Apr) - Key West - New York | ||
| Cargo | 926 tons of general cargo, mainly coffee and oil | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 09.35 hours on 6 May, 1942, the unescorted Amazone (Master J.P. Giltay) was hit on the port side by a torpedo from U-333 and sank within two minutes off Miami. 14 crew members were lost (twelve men from the Dutch Antilles, one Dutch gunner and one Swiss crewman). The survivors were picked up by the American submarine chaser USS PC-484 and landed at Miami. | ||
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