Baoulé
French Steam merchant
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| Name | Baoulé | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5,874 tons | ||
| Completed | 1921 - Ateliers & Chantiers de la Loire, Nantes | ||
| Owner | Co Française de Navigation à Vapeur Chargeurs Réunis, Paris | ||
| Homeport | Le Havre | ||
| Date of attack | 31 Oct 1939 | Nationality:  French | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-25 (Viktor Schütze) | ||
| Position | 43° 48'N, 9° 08'W - Grid BF 7832 | ||
| Complement | 46 (13 dead and 33 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | 20-K | ||
| Route | Kribi, Cameroon - Casablanca - Bordeaux | ||
| Cargo | Palm kernels, cotton, cocoa, coffee and rubber | ||
| History | Completed in May 1921 | ||
| Notes on event | At 05.25 hours on 31 Oct 1939, U-25 fired two G7e torpedoes at the first two ships in the French convoy 20-K about 45 miles west-northwest of La Corunna. Both torpedoes hit and sank the Baoulé. | ||
| On board | We have details of 1 people who were on board. | ||
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