Ships hit by U-boats


Arijon

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NameArijon
Type:Steam merchant
Tonnage4,374 tons
Completed1938 - W. Gray & Co Ltd, West Hartlepool 
OwnerCompagnie de Navigation d´Orbigny, Paris 
HomeportLe Havre 
Date of attack22 Nov 1939Nationality:      French
 
FateSunk by U-43 (Wilhelm Ambrosius)
Position45.40N, 04.50W - Grid BF 5887
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Complement? men (0 dead and ? survivors).
Convoy14-BS
RouteAntwerp - Buenos Aires 
CargoSteel bars, sheets, section hoops and paper 
History  
Notes on loss

At 16.05 hours on 22 Nov, 1939, the Arijon in convoy 14-BS was hit in the foreship by one torpedo from U-43 and sank in the Bay of Biscay.

 


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