Rouennais
French Steam merchant
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| Name | Rouennais | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 3,777 tons | ||
| Completed | 1911 - William Dobson & Co, Walker-on-Tyne | ||
| Owner | Société Anonyme de Gérance et d´Armement, Paris | ||
| Homeport | Dunkirk | ||
| Date of attack | 25 Apr 1943 | Nationality:  French | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-455 (Hans-Martin Scheibe) | ||
| Position | 34.04N, 07.23W - Grid DJ 2513 | ||
| Complement | 55 (16 dead and 39 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Casablanca - Gibraltar - UK | ||
| Cargo | 5200 tons of phosphate | ||
| History | Completed in October 1911 as British Cayo Romano for Cayo Line Ltd (E. Bigland & Co), London. 1916 renamed Baymano for Bay SS Co, London. 1921 taken over by the French Government and renamed Port de Cherbourg, later that year renamed Malgache for Cie Maritime des Transports Coloniaux, Marseilles. 1937 renamed Rouennais for Société Anonyme de Gérance et d´Armement, Dunkirk. | ||
| Notes on loss | On 25 Apr, 1943, the Rouennais struck a mine laid on 1 April by U-455 and sank off Casablanca. | ||
Location of attack on Rouennais.
ship sunk.
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