Gunda
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| Name | Gunda | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 2.241 tons | ||
| Completed | 1919 - McDougall-Duluth Shipbuilding Co, Duluth MN | ||
| Owner | Einar Lange, Oslo | ||
| Homeport | Oslo | ||
| Date of attack | 19 Nov, 1942 | Nationality:  Norwegian | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-181 (Wolfgang Lüth) | ||
| Position | 25.40S, 33.53E - Grid KP 5324 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 46 (38 dead and 8 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Lourenço Marques - Zanzibar | ||
| Cargo | 3134 tons of coal | ||
| History | Built as Chantier for US Shipping Board, Washington DC. 1929 sold to Norway and renamed Gunda for Einar Lange, Oslo. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 21.25 hours on 19 Nov, 1942, the unescorted Gunda (Master Odd Pedersen) was torpedoed and sunk by U-181 off the coast of East Africa, between Inhaca and Punta da Oro, Mozambique Channel. All officers and 32 Asian crew members were lost. Eight Indian survivors managed to get on a raft and were rescued. | ||
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