Moanda
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| Name | Moanda | ||
| Type: | Motor merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4,621 tons | ||
| Completed | 1937 - John Cockerill SA, Hoboken, Antwerp | ||
| Owner | Compagnie Maritime Belge (Lloyd Royal) SA, Antwerp | ||
| Homeport | Antwerp | ||
| Date of attack | 29 Mar 1943 | Nationality:  Belgian | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-172 (Carl Emmermann) | ||
| Position | 24.44N, 16.48W - Grid DU 2722 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 56 (29 dead and 27 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | RS-3 | ||
| Route | Algiers - Gibraltar - Takoradi | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | Completed in December 1937 | ||
| Notes on loss | At 00.06 hours on 29 Mar, 1943, the Moanda (Master J. Heusers) in convoy RS-3 was hit by one of two torpedoes from U-172, caught fire and sank by the stern about 80 miles northwest of Villa Cisneros. 29 men of the 46 crew members and ten gunners on board were lost and two men were injured. | ||
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