Apalóide
The Apalóide under her former name Nevada. Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Apalóide | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 3.766 tons | ||
| Completed | 1917 - Helsingörs Jernskibs-og Maskinbyggeri A/S, Helsingör | ||
| Owner | Lloyd Brasilieiro, Rio de Janeiro | ||
| Homeport | Rio de Janeiro | ||
| Date of attack | 22 Nov, 1942 | Nationality:  Brazilian | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-163 (Kurt-Eduard Engelmann) | ||
| Position | 13.28N, 54.42W - Grid EE 9151 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 56 (5 dead and 51 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | BRN-3 (dispersed) | ||
| Route | Pernambuco - Trinidad - New York | ||
| Cargo | 3500 tons of coffee, castor seed and general cargo | ||
| History | Built as Danish Nevada for Det Forenede Dampskibs Selskab, Copenhagen. In April 1940 laid up at Santos and on 26 Feb, 1942, seized by Brazil and renamed Apalóide. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 22.17 hours on 22 Nov, 1942, the Apalóide, dispersed from convoy BRN-3, was hit by one of two torpedoes from U-163 east of Trinidad. The ship capsized to port and sank. When the Germans tried to question the survivors, they only followed the orders to get alongside after some machine-gun rounds were fired into the water. | ||
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