Gonçalves Dias
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| Name | Gonçalves Dias | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant (Hog Island) | ||
| Tonnage | 4,996 tons | ||
| Completed | 1920 - American International Shipbuilding Corp, Hog Island PA | ||
| Owner | Cia de Navegação Lloyd Brasileiro, Rio de Janeiro | ||
| Homeport | Rio de Janeiro | ||
| Date of attack | 24 May 1942 | Nationality:  Brazilian | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-502 (Jürgen von Rosenstiel) | ||
| Position | 16.09N, 70.00W - Grid EC 6148 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 45 (6 dead and 39 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Rio de Janeiro - Pernambuco - New Orleans | ||
| Cargo | General cargo, including coffee | ||
| History | Laid down as Casanova, completed in October 1920 as Argosy for US Shipping Board (USSB), Philadelphia. 1938 renamed Mormacsun for Moore-McCormack Lines Inc, New York. 1940 sold to Brazil and renamed Gonçalves Dias. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 13.15 hours on 24 May 1942, the unescorted and neutral Gonçalves Dias (Master João Batista Gomes de Figueiredo) was hit by two torpedoes from U-502 and sank about 100 miles south of Ciudad Trujillo. The master and five crew members were lost. The Germans attacked because the ship was armed with a 120mm gun and was identified as Brazilian only after the attack when the survivors were questioned. | ||
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