Peiping
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| Name | Peiping | ||
| Type: | Motor merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 6,390 tons | ||
| Completed | 1931 - A/B Götaverken, Gothenburg | ||
| Owner | A/B Svenska Ostasiatiska Kompaniet, Gothenburg | ||
| Homeport | Gothenburg | ||
| Date of attack | 9 Sep 1942 | Nationality:  Swedish | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-66 (Friedrich Markworth) | ||
| Position | 23.50N, 50.10W - Grid DQ 1895 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 34 (3 dead and 31 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Buenos Aires - New York | ||
| Cargo | 9950 tons of wool, skins and fat | ||
| History | Completed in October 1931 | ||
| Notes on loss | At 10.25 hours on 9 Sep, 1942, the unescorted Peiping was sighted and identified by U-66, which fired at 15.28 hours a spread of two torpedoes after it was clear that she was not a neutral ship. Hit by one torpedo she stopped with a list and the crew abandoned ship in two lifeboats. At 16.01 hours, two coups de grâce were fired of which one malfunctioned but the other caused the ship to sink after 20 minutes. The U-boat went to the lifeboats and took the master and the first engineer on board for questioning, they were returned to the lifeboats after one hour. | ||
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