Delães
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| Name | Delães | ||
| Type: | Sailing ship | ||
| Tonnage | 415 tons | ||
| Completed | 1938 - Antonio Monica, Aveiro | ||
| Owner | Empreza de Pesca de Bacalhau do Porto Ltda, Averio | ||
| Homeport | Aveiro | ||
| Date of attack | 11 Sep, 1942 | Nationality:  Portuguese | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-96 (Hans-Jürgen Hellriegel) | ||
| Position | 50.03N, 29.32W - Grid BD 2394 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 54 (0 dead and 54 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Newfoundland - Portugal | ||
| Cargo | Codfish | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 11.50 hours on 11 Sep, 1942, U-96 tried to stop the three-masted schooner Delães by three shots across her bow and then shelled and sunk the vessel when it did not stop. The neutral ship was sunk because no neutrality markings were seen from 200 metres, it steered suspicious courses close to the convoy ON-127 and the Germans believed to hear Asdic signals from the ship. | ||
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