Mariso
Mariso under her former name Bitterfeld. Photo courtesy of Alex Duncan
| Name | Mariso | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 7,659 tons | ||
| Completed | 1930 - Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft, Kiel | ||
| Owner | NV Stoomvaart Mij “Nederland“, Amsterdam | ||
| Homeport | Batavia | ||
| Date of attack | 20 Mar 1943 | Nationality:  Dutch | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-518 (Friedrich-Wilhelm Wissmann) | ||
| Position | 13.20S, 37.25W - Grid FJ 8883 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 111 (2 dead and 109 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | New York - Trinidad - Saldanha Bay - Durban - Alexandria | ||
| Cargo | 11.079 tons of general cargo | ||
| History | Completed in May 1930 as German Bitterfeld for Hamburg-Amerika Linie (HAPAG), Hamburg. On 10 May, 1940, seized by the Netherlands at Padang and renamed Mariso. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 04.27 hours on 20 Mar, 1943, the unescorted Mariso (Master H.A. Broere) was torpedoed by U-518 about 90 miles off Bahia and sank after two coups de grāce hit at 04.38 and 05.10 hours. Two men were taken prisoner by the U-boat. | ||
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