Strabo
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| Name | Strabo | ||
| Type: | Motor merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 383 tons | ||
| Completed | 1937 - C. van der Giessen & Zonen´s Scheepswerven NV, Krimpen | ||
| Owner | NV West-Indische Scheepvaart Mij, Curaçao | ||
| Homeport | Willemstad | ||
| Date of attack | 10 Aug 1942 | Nationality:  Dutch | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-155 (Adolf Cornelius Piening) | ||
| Position | 07.29N, 54.05W - Grid EO 6241 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 13 (0 dead and 13 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Sao Luiz de Maranhao, Brazil - Barranquilla, Colombia | ||
| Cargo | 504 tons of babasu coconuts | ||
| History | Completed in July 1937 | ||
| Notes on loss | At 18.50 hours on 10 Aug, 1942, U-155 attacked the Strabo (Master W. Heimensen) with gunfire about 250 miles east of Georgetown and gave the crew time to abandon ship with the lifeboat. Piening questioned the crew, but wrongly thought the name of the ship was Curaçao. The ship was then shelled and caught fire, nevertheless she was later reboarded by some of the crew who discovered that the vessel was beyond salvage. Afterwards the survivors set sail for Paramaribo where they arrived a week later. Piening reported that the burning ship sank after two hours. | ||
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