Crijnssen
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| Name | Crijnssen | ||
| Type: | Steam passenger ship | ||
| Tonnage | 4,282 tons | ||
| Completed | 1919 - NV Mij voor Scheeps-en Werktuigbouw ´Fyenoord´, Rotterdam | ||
| Owner | Koninklijke Nederlandsche Stoomboot Mij NV, Amsterdam | ||
| Homeport | Amsterdam | ||
| Date of attack | 11 Jun 1942 | Nationality:  Dutch | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-504 (Hans-Georg Friedrich Poske) | ||
| Position | 18.14N, 82.11W - Grid EB 1140 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 93 (1 dead and 92 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Demerara - Curaçao (7 Jun) - New Orleans | ||
| Cargo | |||
| History | Laid down as Prins Maurits, completed as Crijnssen | ||
| Notes on loss | At 02.10 hours on 11 Jun, 1942, the unescorted Crijnssen (Master W. v.d. Giessen) was hit by two torpedoes from U-504 and sank after being hit by a coup de grâce. The ship was repatriating 12 survivors from the Sylvan Arrow, which had been sunk by U-155 (Piening) on 20 May 1942 and 10 survivors from the Lise, which had been sunk by U-69 on 12 May 1942. 43 survivors landed in their lifeboats on the Yucatan coast and were later flown from Chetumal to Brownsville, Texas. 49 survivors were picked up the same day by the Lebore, which was herself sunk by U-172 (Emmermann) three days later. All survivors from the Crijnssen also survived the second sinking. | ||
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