Wangi Wangi
Dutch Steam merchant
Photo courtesy of Hendrik Boot
| Name | Wangi Wangi | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 7,789 tons | ||
| Completed | 1926 - Bremer Vulkan, Vegesack | ||
| Owner | NV Stoomvaart Mij ´Nederland´, Amsterdam | ||
| Homeport | Amsterdam | ||
| Date of attack | 25 May 1941 | Nationality:  Dutch | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-103 (Viktor Schütze) | ||
| Position | 05.24N, 12W - Grid ET 6999 | ||
| Complement | 93 (1 dead and 92 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Sydney, NSW (4 May) - Durban - Freetown - Clyde | ||
| Cargo | 3984 tons of steel billets, 1993 tons of lead and 1540 tons of general cargo | ||
| History | Completed in April 1926 as German Franken for Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen. On 10 May, 1940, seized by the Netherlands at Padang, Sumatra and renamed Wangi Wangi. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 22.13 hours on 25 May, 1941, the unescorted Wangi Wangi (Master C. Schoen) was hit in the bow by one torpedo from U-103 and sank after 30 minutes about 90 miles south of Monrovia, Liberia. One Lascarian stoker was lost. The master, 87 crew members and four passengers abandoned ship in a motorboat and a lifeboat, reached the Liberian coast the next day and were taken to Robertsport and later to Freetown. The survivors in one boat were questioned by the Germans, provided the course to Monrovia and offered food and water, but this was refused. | ||
| Crewlists | We have listing of 2 people who were on this vessel | ||
Location of attack on Wangi Wangi.
ship sunk.
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