Saint Louis
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| Name | Saint Louis | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5.202 tons | ||
| Completed | 1913 - Ateliers & Chantiers de France, Dunkirk | ||
| Owner | Société Navale de L´Ouest, Paris | ||
| Homeport | Le Havre | ||
| Date of attack | 1 Mar, 1944 | Nationality:  French | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-66 (Gerhard Seehausen) | ||
| Position | 05.23N, 00.09W - Grid EV 5877 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 134 (85 dead and 49 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Takoradi - Lomé | ||
| Cargo | 1067 tons of general cargo | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | On 1 Mar, 1944, the Saint Louis was torpedoed and sunk by U-66 off Accra. 24 crew members, five gunners, 41 legionnaires and 15 passengers were lost from a complement of 40 crew members, eight gunners, 70 legionnaires and 16 passengers. | ||
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