Janeta
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| Name | Janeta | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5,312 tons | ||
| Completed | 1929 - Barclay, Curle & Co, Whiteinch, Glasgow | ||
| Owner | Maclay & McIntyre Ltd, Glasgow | ||
| Homeport | Glasgow | ||
| Date of attack | 1 May 1944 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-181 (Kurt Freiwald) | ||
| Position | 18.14S, 20.00W - Grid FS 5931 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 48 (13 dead and 35 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Algiers - Gibraltar (15 Apr) - Rio de Janeiro - River Plate | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 04.11 hours on 1 May 1944, the unescorted Janeta (Master John Cameron) was torpedoed and sunk by U-181 about 900 miles south by west of Ascension Island. The U-boat misidentified the ship as Banavon. Nine crew members and four gunners were lost. The master, 31 crew members and three gunners were rescued; the master, the third officer and eight survivors were rescued and landed at Bahia on 14 May. 15 more survivors were picked up by the Swedish merchant Freja about 150 miles south of Bahia and landed at Rio de Janerio. Ten survivors were picked up on 12 May by USS Alger (DE 101) and landed at Bahia. | ||
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