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Nyassa and german submarines in 1942
Posted by: Artur Bladé Font ()
Date: June 26, 2014 04:03PM

On a second trip from Casablanca to Veracruz( Mexico) , in May 1942, near Bermudas,the portuguese ship Nyassa, with republican spanish refugees aboard, was stopped by allied ships because a german submarine seemed to be navigating hiddent under the ship.

The submarine was attacked with deep charges and according to different travellers on Nyassa it was destroyed but the description ( oil appearing on the surface of the sea ) they give do not correspond to what could be expected from the destruction and sinking of a submarine, which I presume should be more spectacular. Therefore I have always thought that the submarine was not sunk.

I do not know the exact date of the event but it was some days before the ship arrived to Veracruz ( May 1942).

Could anyone obtain some information about that event ?

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