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Brazza


NameBrazza
Type:Motor passenger ship
Tonnage10.387 tons
Completed1923 - Ateliers & Chantiers de la Loire, Nantes 
OwnerCo Française de Navigation à Vapeur Chargeurs Réunis, Paris 
HomeportLe Havre 
Date of attack28 May, 1940Nationality:      French
 
FateSunk by U-37 (Victor Oehrn)
Position42.43N, 11.00W - Grid BF 7787
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Complement576 (379 dead and 197 survivors).
Convoy60-XF (dispersed)
RouteBordeaux (24 May) - Casablanca - West African ports - New Caledonia 
CargoGeneral cargo, including wines and spirit 
History Built as motor merchant Camranh, 1927 converted to motor passenger ship and renamed Brazza, 1936 lenghtened 
Notes on loss At 09.24 hours on 28 May, 1940, the Brazza (Master François Pierre Marie Rébillard, CdG), dispersed from convoy 60-XF, was hit by two stern torpedoes from U-37 and sank within 4 minutes about 100 miles west of Oporto. The master, 78 crew members and 300 passengers were lost. 53 crew members and 144 passengers were picked up by Enseigne Henry and HMS Cheshire (F 18)


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