Capo Olmo
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| Name | Capo Olmo | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4,712 tons | ||
| Completed | 1923 - W. Gray & Co Ltd, West Hartlepool | ||
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| Date of attack | 8 Nov 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Damaged by U-67 (Günther Müller-Stöckheim) | ||
| Position | 10.56N, 61.14W - Grid ED 9863 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 53 (0 dead and 53 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Mombasa - Table Bay - UK | ||
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| History | Built as Bardistan, 1928 renamed Saint Roch, 1930 renamed Recherche, 1935 renamed Italian Capo Olmo for Co Genovese di Nav. a Vapore Società Anonima, Genoa On 10 Jun, 1940, seized by French in Marseilles and later transferred to Britain. 1945 returned to French Government, 1946 renamed Koufra | ||
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