Bamako
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| Name | Bamako | ||
| Type: | Motor merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 2.357 tons | ||
| Completed | 1930 - Burmeister & Wain´s Maskin & Skibsbyggeri A/S, Copenhagen | ||
| Owner | Compagnie de Navigation Paquet, Marseilles | ||
| Homeport | Marseilles | ||
| Date of attack | 9 Apr, 1943 | Nationality:  French | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-515 (Werner Henke) | ||
| Position | 14.57N, 17.15W - Grid EK 4633 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | ? men (6 dead and ? survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Dakar (9 Apr) - Algeria | ||
| Cargo | 2800 tons of coffee | ||
| History | Completed in May 1930 | ||
| Notes on loss | At 02.34 hours on 9 Apr, 1943, the Bamako was torpedoed and sunk by U-515 in a small convoy off Dakar. | ||
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