Italian submarine fates
Ships hit by Italian submarines
Sembilan
| Type | Cargo ship | |||
| Country |  Dutch | |||
| Built | 1922 | GRT | 6,633 | |
| Date of attack | 17 Apr 1943 | Time | 1230? 1130B (e) | |
| Fate | Sunk by submarine Leonardo da Vinci (T.V. Gianfranco Gazzana Priaroggia) | |||
| Position of attack | 32° 30'S, 35° 10'E | |||
| Complement | 86 (85 dead and 1 survivor) | |||
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| Notes | At 1130B hours, the Dutch Sembilan (6,633 GRT, built 1922), carrying ammunition and LCP-780 and LCP-782 from Glasgow to Durban, was torpedoed and sunk by Leonardo Da Vinci. The crew of 86 was made up of 28 Dutch, 11 British (2 Telegraphists and 9 gunners), 1 Polish engineer, 38 from British-India and 8 from the Dutch East Indies. There was only one survivor, an Indian lascar named Shamshen, who was picked up by the Da Vinci. He had a broken leg and was transferred to a Manaar lifeboat when this vessel was herself sunk the following day. Survivors of Manaar and the only survivor of Sembilan, were picked up on 29th April 1943. | |||