Rouennais
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| Name | Rouennais | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 3.777 tons | ||
| Completed | 1911 - W. Dobson & Co, Walker-on-Tyne | ||
| Owner | Société Anonyme de Gérance et D´Armement, Paris | ||
| Homeport | Dunkirk | ||
| Date of attack | 25 Apr, 1943 | Nationality:  French | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-455 (Hans-Martin Scheibe) | ||
| Position | 34.04N, 07.23W - Grid DJ 2513 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 55 (16 dead and 39 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Casablanca - Gibraltar - UK | ||
| Cargo | 5200 tons of phosphate | ||
| History | Built as Cayo Romano, 1916 renamed Baymano, 1921 renamed Malgache, 1921 renamed Port de Cherbourg, 1922 renamed Malgache, 1937 renamed Rouennais | ||
| Notes on loss | On 25 Apr, 1943, the Rouennais struck a mine laid on 1 April by U-455 and sank off Casablanca. | ||
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