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Allied Ships hit by U-boats


Moena


NameMoena
Type:Steam merchant
Tonnage9.286 tons
Completed1923 - Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd, Sunderland 
OwnerNV Stoomvaart Mij ´Nederland´, Amsterdam 
HomeportAmsterdam 
Date of attack24 Aug, 1942Nationality:      Dutch
 
FateSunk by U-162 (Jürgen Wattenberg)
Position13.25N, 57.15W - Grid EE 5745
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Complement87 (4 dead and 83 survivors).
Convoy 
RouteBombay (5 Jun) - Laurenço Marques - Trinidad (22 Aug) - Hampton Roads - Halifax - UK 
Cargo 
History  
Notes on loss At 11.13 hours on 24 Aug, 1942, the unescorted Moena was hit in the port quarter by one torpedo from U-162 and immediately began to settle by the stern. The survivors abandoned ship in four lifeboats and were picked up the next day by the British motor merchant Cromarty and landed in Trinidad. 


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