Rousdi
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| Name | Rousdi | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 133 tons | ||
| Completed | |||
| Owner | |||
| Homeport | |||
| Date of attack | 28 Mar 1943 | Nationality:  Egyptian | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-81 (Johann-Otto Krieg) | ||
| Position | 31.46N, 34.23E - Grid CP 8341 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 10 (9 dead and 1 survivor). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Haifa - Port Said | ||
| Cargo | 72 tons of marmalade, 10 tons of karbit and 8 tons of caraway | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 22.02 hours on 28 Mar, 1943, U-81 fired a spread of two torpedoes at the Rousdi and hit her with one torpedo in the stern. The vessel disappeared in a great explosion and debris fell on the U-boat, wounding the war correspondent standing on the bridge slightly at the knee. The U-boat had missed the vessel with a first torpedo at 21.43 hours. The master was the only survivor. | ||
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