Nieuw Zeeland
| Name | Nieuw Zeeland | ||
| Type: | Troop transport | ||
| Tonnage | 11,069 tons | ||
| Completed | 1928 - NV Rotterdamsche Droogdok Mij, Rotterdam | ||
| Owner | Koninklijke Paketvaart Mij., Amsterdam | ||
| Homeport | Batavia | ||
| Date of attack | 11 Nov 1942 | Nationality:  Dutch | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-380 (Josef Röther) | ||
| Position | 35.57N, 03.58W - Grid CH 7472 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 256 (15 dead and 241 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | Torch | ||
| Route | North Africa - Gibraltar | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | The steam passenger ship Nieuw Zeeland was requisitioned in 1940 and used as troop transport. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 12.42 hours on 11 Nov, 1942, the Nieuw Zeeland was hit by one of four torpedoes fired by U-380 about 80 miles from Gibraltar and sank following a coup de grâce at 13.08 hours. The ship was returning from the Operation Torch, the Allied invasion of North Africa and carried 214 crew members, 29 gunners and 13 service passengers. The survivors were picked up by HNMS Isaac Sweers (G 83) and HMS Porcupine (G 93) and landed at Gibraltar. | ||
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