Lages
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| Name | Lages | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5.472 tons | ||
| Completed | 1907 - Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd, Wallsend, Sunderland | ||
| Owner | Companhia de Navegação Lloyd Brasileiro, Rio de Janeiro | ||
| Homeport | Rio de Janeiro | ||
| Date of attack | 28 Sep, 1942 | Nationality:  Brazilian | |
| Fate | A total loss by U-514 (Hans-Jürgen Auffermann) | ||
| Position | 00.13N, 47.47W - Grid FA 2831 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 49 (3 dead and 46 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | from Para | ||
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| History | Built as Rauenfels for Deutsche Dampfschiffahrts-Ges. 'Hansa', Bremen. In 1914, she was interned in Brazil and was renamed Lages in 1917 after being seized by the Brazilian Government. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 01.10 hours on 28 Sep, 1942, U-514 attacked a small convoy consisting of two merchant ships escorted by USS Roe (DD 418) about 75 miles north of Salinas and sank the Ozório in shallow waters. At 02.15 hours, the U-boat fired a torpedo at the second ship, the Lages, which also sank in shallow waters with only the bow visible in 00°12N/47°55W. Three crew members from Lages (Master Osvaldo Simões da Silva) were lost. The master, 41 crew members and four gunners (the ship was armed with one 75mm and two 7mm guns) were rescued. Both vessels were later salvaged, but not repaired until the war ended, thus regarded as total losses. | ||
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