Ships hit by U-boats


Sphinx

Egyptian Sailing ship


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NameSphinx
Type:Sailing ship
Tonnage39 tons
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Date of attack24 Sep 1942Nationality:      Egyptian
 
FateSunk by U-561 (Heinz Schomburg)
Position34° 03'N, 34° 34'E - Grid CP 5384
Complement? men (0 dead and ? survivors).
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Notes on event

At 23.35 hours on 24 September 1942 U-561 sank the Sphinx with 22 rounds of gunfire about 36 miles northwest of Tyre, Lebanon. The crew abandoned ship in a boat and landed at Sidon the next day.

The U-boat had already sunk an unknown topsail schooner at 00.02 hours on 21 September with 29 rounds of gunfire northwest of Latakia after a torpedo had missed at 23.51 hours.

 


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