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Re: ITALIAN SHIP SUNK I SOUTH ATLANTIC
Posted by: vito ()
Date: July 25, 2016 08:36AM

Ozires,

The ship is most likely the SS Empress of Canada, sunk by the Italian submarine Leonardo Da Vinci.

...She continued to transport ANZAC troops from New Zealand and from Australia to the war zones in Europe until sunk. The return voyage from Europe was not less dangerous than the trip north had been. On 13 March 1943, while en route from Durban, South Africa to Takoradi carrying Italian prisoners of war along with Polish and Greek refugees,[8] the SS Empress of Canada was torpedoed and sunk by the Italian submarine Leonardo Da Vinci approximately 400 miles (640 km) south of Cape Palmas off the coast of Africa. Of the approximate 1800 people on board, 392 died. Nearly half of the fatalities reported were Italian prisoners.

[nineteenkeys.blogspot.com]

-- Regards,
Ken Deshaies
Newton, New Hampshire

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