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NIEUW ZEELAND - IMO 5606776
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NIEUW ZEELAND
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Built: 1927 by Rotterdamsche DD Mij. Rotterdam – Yard 142c
Engines: 2 Mij Feijenoord steam turbines – 8,000 SHP
Propeller: One
Speed: 15.5 knots
Length 160.60m – 527ft
Width: 19.00m – 62.30ft
Tonnage: 10.906 GRT
Passengers: 123 First class – 50 Third class passengers
Crew: 200 crew
Troops: 1,000
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Photo Credits: The late Allan Green Collection Vic Australia
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At 12.42 hours on 11 Nov 1942 the Nieuw Zeeland was hit by one of four torpedoes fired by U-380 about 80 miles from Gibraltar and sank following a coup de grâce at 13.08 hours. The ship was returning from the Operation Torch, the Allied invasion of North Africa and carried 214 crew members, 29 gunners and 13 service passengers. The survivors were picked up by HNMS Isaac Sweers (G 83) (Capt W. Harmsen) and HMS Porcupine (G 93) (Cdr G.S. Stewart, RAN) and landed at Gibraltar. Thanks for Info from U-boat.net.
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