Lages
Lages under her former name Rauenfels
| Name | Lages | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5,472 tons | ||
| Completed | 1907 - Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd, Walker-on-Tyne | ||
| Owner | Cia de Navegação Lloyd Brasileiro, Rio de Janeiro | ||
| Homeport | Rio de Janeiro | ||
| Date of attack | 28 Sep 1942 | Nationality:  Brazilian | |
| Fate | A total loss by U-514 (Hans-Jürgen Auffermann) | ||
| Position | 00.13N, 47.47W - Grid FA 2831 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 49 (3 dead and 46 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Belém - New York | ||
| Cargo | |||
| History | Completed in January 1907 as German Rauenfels for DDG Hansa, Bremen. 1914 interned in Brazil, seized by the Brazilian Government in 1917 and renamed Lages. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 01.10 hours on 28 Sep, 1942, U-514 attacked a small convoy consisting of two merchant ships escorted by USS Roe (DD 418) off the Amazon estuary about 75 miles north of Salinas and sank the Ozório in shallow waters. At 02.15 hours, the U-boat fired a torpedo at the second ship, the Lages, which also sank in shallow waters with only the bow visible in 00°12N/47°55W. Three crew members from Lages (Master Osvaldo Simões da Silva) were lost. The master, 41 crew members and four gunners (the ship was armed with one 75mm and two 7mm guns) were rescued. Both vessels were later salvaged, but not repaired until the war ended, thus regarded as total losses. | ||
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