Garoet
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| Name | Garoet | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 7.118 tons | ||
| Completed | 1917 - NV Konmij. Scheepsbouw-en Werktuigenfabriek ŽDe ScheldeŽ, Vlissingen | ||
| Owner | Koninklijke Rotterdamsche Lloyd NV (W. Ruys & Zonen), Rotterdam | ||
| Homeport | Rotterdam | ||
| Date of attack | 19 Jun, 1944 | Nationality:  Dutch | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-181 (Kurt Freiwald) | ||
| Position | 12.30S, 64E - Grid LW 7346 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 98 (88 dead and 10 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Bombay - Marmagoa (11 Jun) - Durban | ||
| Cargo | Coal, sugar and 1000 tons of peanuts | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 19.53 hours on 19 Jun, 1944, the unescorted Garoet (Master P. de Raadt) was hit by two torpedoes from U-181 and sank within minutes. Only a few men survived the sinking and at least one of them was questioned by the Germans. Five survivors were picked up by the British steam merchant Nirvana and five others made landfall at Mauritius. | ||
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