Palima
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| Name | Palima | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 1,179 tons | ||
| Completed | 1922 - Haarlemsche Scheepsbouw Mij., Haarlem | ||
| Owner | Koninklijke Paketvaart Mij., Amsterdam | ||
| Homeport | Batavia | ||
| Date of attack | 12 Jun 1943 | Nationality:  Dutch | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-97 (Hans-Georg Trox) | ||
| Position | 33.36N, 35.15E - Grid CP 5663 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 65 (26 dead and 39 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Port Said (10 Jun) - Famagusta, Cyprus | ||
| Cargo | 720 tons of ammunition, carbide, paint and acids and two trucks as deck cargo | ||
| History | Completed in November 1922 | ||
| Notes on loss | About 03.30 hours on 12 Jun, 1943, the unescorted Palima (Master J.H. Kubinek) was hit by one torpedo from U-97 and sank rapidly about 30 miles south-southwest of Beirut. The master, 23 crew members and two British gunners were lost. 37 crew members and two British gunners rescued themselves on a few rafts that had floated free. During the day they were spotted by an aircraft, picked up by a large whaleboat and a Greek destroyer and landed at Beirut the same day. | ||
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