Ramapo
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| Name | Ramapo | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 2.968 tons | ||
| Completed | 1924 - Dunlop, Bremner & Co Ltd, Port Glasgow | ||
| Owner | Waterman Steamship Co, Mobile AL | ||
| Homeport | Panama | ||
| Date of attack | 16 Feb, 1942 | Nationality:  Panaman | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-108 (Klaus Scholtz) | ||
| Position | 35.10N, 65.50W - Grid CB 7858 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 38 (38 dead - no survivors) | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | London - Bermuda (12 Feb) - Philadelphia | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | Completed in June 1924 as British Baron Wemyss for H. Hogarth & Sons Ltd, Glasgow. 1937 sold to Italy and renamed Santarosa. On 25 Jul, 1941, the Italian Santarosa of A.T. Rosasco, Genoa was seized in Philadelphia by the US under an Executive Order and turned over to the US War Shipping Administration (WSA). On 19 September, she was renamed Ramapo and registered in Panama. On 28 October, the ship was assigned to the Waterman SS Co under GAA agreement. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 15.56 hours on 16 Feb, 1942, the unescorted Ramapo (Master Johan Ozn Lorentzen) was hit amidships by one torpedo from U-108, broke in two and sank after 11 minutes west of Bermuda. The U-boat surfaced and questioned 34 men in lifeboats, however the survivors were never found. | ||
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