Triglav
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| Name | Triglav | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 6,363 tons | ||
| Completed | 1929 - William Doxford & Sons Ltd, Sunderland | ||
| Owner | Jugoslavenski Lloyd Akcionarsko Drustvo, Zagreb | ||
| Homeport | Dubrovnik | ||
| Date of attack | 9 Jul 1942 | Nationality:  Yugoslavian | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-66 (Friedrich Markworth) | ||
| Position | 26.47N, 48.10W - Grid DE 9773 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 43 (24 dead and 19 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Lourenço Marques - Lobito - New York | ||
| Cargo | 9000 tons of manganese ore and zinc concentrates | ||
| History | Completed in August 1929 | ||
| Notes on loss | At 20.42 hours on 9 Jul, 1942, the unescorted Triglav was hit by two torpedoes from U-66 and sank after a boiler explosion about 800 miles east-southeast of the Bermudas. 23 crew members and one gunner were lost. The Germans questioned the survivors after the sinking. | ||
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