Delães
Portuguese Sailing ship
Photo courtesy of António Fangueiro
| Name | Delães | ||
| Type: | Sailing ship | ||
| Tonnage | 415 tons | ||
| Completed | 1938 - Antonio Monica, Aveiro | ||
| Owner | Empreza de Pesca de Bacalhau do Porto Ltda, Averio | ||
| Homeport | Aveiro | ||
| Date of attack | 11 Sep 1942 | Nationality:  Portuguese | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-96 (Hans-Jürgen Hellriegel) | ||
| Position | 50° 03'N, 29° 32'W - Grid BD 2394 | ||
| Complement | 54 (0 dead and 54 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Newfoundland - Portugal | ||
| Cargo | Codfish | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on event | At 11.50 hours on 11 Sep 1942, U-96 tried to stop the three-masted schooner Delães by three shots across her bow and then shelled and sank the vessel when it did not stop. The neutral ship was sunk because no neutrality markings were seen from 200 meters, it steered suspicious courses close to convoy ON-127 and the Germans believed to hear Asdic signals from the vessel. | ||
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