Porto Alegre
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| Name | Porto Alegre | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5.187 tons | ||
| Completed | 1921 - Cantiere Navale Triestino, Monfalcone | ||
| Owner | Companhia de Carbonífera, Pernambuco | ||
| Homeport | Rio de Janeiro | ||
| Date of attack | 3 Nov, 1942 | Nationality:  Brazilian | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-504 (Hans-Georg Friedrich Poske) | ||
| Position | 35.27S, 28.02E - Grid KZ 4589 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 52 (1 dead and 51 survivors). | ||
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| Notes on loss | At 16.42 hours on 3 Nov, 1942, the unescorted Porto Alegre (Master José Francisco Pinto de Medeiros) was torpedoed by U-504 off Port Elizabeth and sunk by a coup de grâce at 17.20 hours after the crew had abandoned ship. One crew member was lost. The vessel had picked up eleven survivors from the Laplace, which had been sunk by U-159 (Witte) on 29 October. The lifeboats landed at Port Elizabeth. | ||
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