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Lotta
Lotta
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Aalborg
1938 21/06 Last dampskib med 2 kedler på dæk. 2 dæk |
Helsingør,
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cyl. damp- maskine. Type H 9.5, med udstøds- turbine
1750 IPH 12,5 Kt.
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1858 | 3400 | 1941
Tolten  |
1940
9 apr. Lotta i søen på vej til Buenaventura, Colombia. Senere garantert
sikker sejlads (af Britterne) til Talcahuano, Chile, hvor hun blev lagt
op.
1941 16 feb. Overtaget af Chilenske myndigheder (Compania Sud-Americana de Vapores) og omdøbt. 1942 13-mar. kl. 06:43 På rejse fra
Baltimore til Valparaiso, Chile, bliver "Tolten" |
1942
13 mar.
Sunket efter torpedering, 70 mil syd for New York
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| Name | Tolten | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 1,858 tons | ||
| Completed | 1938 - Aalborg Værft A/S, Aalborg | ||
| Owner | Cia Sud Americana de Vapores, Valparaiso | ||
| Homeport | Valparaiso | ||
| Date of attack | 13 Mar 1942 | Nationality: Chilean |
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| Fate | Sunk by U-404 (Otto von Bülow) | ||
| Position | 40.10N, 73.50W - Grid CA 5241 - See location on a map - |
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| Complement | 27 (26 dead and 1 survivor). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Baltimore - New York | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | Completed in June 1938 as Danish Lotta
for A/S D/S Vesterhavet (J. Lauritzen), Esbjerg. In April 1940 laid up
at Talcahuano, Chile. On 16 Feb, 1941, seized by the Chilean Government
and later renamed Tolten. |
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| Notes on loss |
At 06.43 hours on 13 Mar, 1942, the neutral and unescorted Tolten (Master Aquiles Ramirez) was hit near the bridge by one torpedo from U-404 and sank within 6 minutes 32 miles off Barnegat, New Jersey. The Germans reported that the ship was zigzagging in a darkened condition and was identified as Chilean ship only after the attack, in fact the master had been ordered to proceed without lights by a patrol vessel only a few hours prior to the attack. The only survivor, electrician Julio Faust, was blown overboard, managed to swim to a loose raft and passed out. He was first spotted by an aircraft in 39°50N/73°40W, later by the US Navy blimp L-2 from Lakehurst and finally picked up after 12 hours by USS Larch (AN 21) and taken to the marine hospital at Stapleton, Staten Island. This sinking let to a harsh diplomatic reaction by the foreign minister of Chile and demonstrations against Germany, assisted by US propaganda, but unlike the declaration of war after U-boat attacks on Brazilian ships no further steps were undertaken. |
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VIIC |
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| Ordered | 23 Sep 1939 | |||||||||
| Laid down | 4 Jun 1940 | Danziger Werft AG, Danzig (werk 105) | ||||||||
| Launched | 4 Jun 1941 | |||||||||
| Commissioned | 6 Aug 1941 | Kptlt. Otto von Bülow (Oak Leaves) | ||||||||
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| Career 7 patrols |
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| Successes | 14 ships sunk for a total
of 71,450 GRT 1 warship sunk for a total of 1,120 tons 2 ships damaged for a total of 16,689 GRT |
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| Fate |
Sunk 28 July, 1943 in the Bay of Biscay north-west of Cape Ortegal, Spain, in position 45.53N, 09.25W, by depth charges from 2 American Liberator aircraft (A/S Sqdn. 4) and from a British Liberator aircraft (Sqdn. 224). 51 dead (all hands lost). |
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Hele besætningen er Chilenere. 26 mand omkommer 1 overlever.