Mangkalihat
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| Name | Mangkalihat | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 8.457 tons | ||
| Completed | 1928 - Joh.C. Tecklenborg AG Schiffswerft u. Maschinenfabrik, Wesermünde | ||
| Owner | NV Stoomvaart Mij ´Nederland´, Amsterdam | ||
| Homeport | Amsterdam | ||
| Date of attack | 1 Aug, 1943 | Nationality:  Dutch | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-198 (Werner Hartmann) | ||
| Position | 25.06S, 34.14E - Grid KP 3755 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 102 (18 dead and 84 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | BC-2 | ||
| Route | Suez - Mombasa - Beira - Durban - Capetown - UK | ||
| Cargo | Copper, sisal and tobacco | ||
| History | Built as German Lindenfels for Deutsche Dampfschiffahrts Ges. 'Hansa', Bremen. On 10 May 1940, the ship was seized at Sabang by Netherlands and renamed Mangkalihat. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 18.51 hours on 1 Aug, 1943, U-198 fired its last torpedo at the convoy BC-2 and hit the Mangkalihat after 4 minutes 10 seconds. An earlier attack with two bow torpedoes had been unsuccessful. The crew abandoned ship because the engine room, boiler room and #3 hold were flooded. Ten crew members and eight passengers were lost. The HMS Freesia (K 43) took the ship in tow the next morning in 25°11S/34°06E, while a skeleton crew reboarded the vessel. On 3 August, the HMS Prudent (W 73) came to assist and used her pumps to keep the ship afloat. In the early morning of 4 August, the tug took over the tow, but the Mangkalihat foundered during the day in 25°44S/33°32E. | ||
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