Afoundria
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| Name | Afoundria | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant (Hog Island) | ||
| Tonnage | 5.010 tons | ||
| Completed | 1919 - American Int Shipbuilding Corp, Hog Island PA | ||
| Owner | Waterman Steamship Co, Mobile AL | ||
| Homeport | Mobile | ||
| Date of attack | 5 May, 1942 | Nationality:  American | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-108 (Klaus Scholtz) | ||
| Position | 19.59N, 73.26W - Grid DN 8440 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 46 (0 dead and 46 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | New Orleans - San Juan, Puerto Rico | ||
| Cargo | 7700 tons of general cargo, including bombs, dynamite, food, lumber and road-building machinery | ||
| History | Laid down as Haddix, completed as Afoundria | ||
| Notes on loss | At 22.40 hours on 5 May, 1942, the unescorted and unarmed Afoundria (master William Arthur Sillars) was hit by a torpedo from U-108, which was spotted by the Lookouts just before it struck between the #4 and #5 holds on the starboard side. The explosion ripped a large hole and immediately flooded the after holds. The ship began to settle, could not be maneuvered and sank after 50 minutes about eight miles north of Le Male Light, Haiti. The master William Arthur Sillars died on his next ship, the La Salle, which was sunk by U-159 (Witte) on 7 Nov, 1942. | ||
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