Sembilangan
| Name | Sembilangan | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4,990 tons | ||
| Completed | 1923 - Deutsche Werft AG, Betrieb Finkenwärder, Hamburg | ||
| Owner | NV Stoomvaart Mij ´Nederland´, Amsterdam | ||
| Homeport | Batavia | ||
| Date of attack | 13 Mar 1943 | Nationality:  Dutch | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-107 (Harald Gelhaus) | ||
| Position | 42.45N, 13.31W - Grid CG 1218 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 87 (86 dead and 1 survivor). | ||
| Convoy | OS-44 | ||
| Route | Liverpool (6 Mar) - Belfast Lough - Walvis Bay - Saldanha Bay - Alexandria | ||
| Cargo | 6457 tons of general cargo and military stores, including ammunition | ||
| History | Built as German Wasgenwald for Hamburg-Amerika Linie (Hapag), Hamburg. On 10 May, 1940, the Wasgenwald was seized at Sabang by Netherlands and renamed Sembilangan. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 05.30 hours on 13 Mar, 1943, U-107 attacked the convoy OS-44 190 miles west of Cape Finisterre and reported hits on three ships. In fact, four ships were hit, the Clan Alpine, Marcella, Oporto and Sembilangan. The Sembilangan (Master P.M. Leguit) was hit by one torpedo that ignited the cargo of ammunition and the ship disintegrated. The fourth engineer was blown overboard and later picked up by an escort vessel as the only survivor. | ||
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