World War IIDS Hero
DS Hero var på reise fra Beirut til Port Said i ballast da skipet 6. juli 1942 ble torpedert av den tyske ubåten U-375 nær land i posisjon 3223N og 3435Ø. To torpedoer sprengte fartøyet fullstendig i stykker, og det gikk umiddelbart ned. Bare de som oppholdt seg på dekk, 14 mann, reddet seg ved å stupe over siden. De overlevende ble tatt opp av eskorteskip og brakt til sykehus i Jaffa. Fire nordmenn, to briter og 24 kinesere omkom. Skipet ble i 1944 hevet og hugget opp.
SS Hero was on a journey from Beirut to Port Said in ballast. At the 6th of July in 1942 the ship was torpedoed by the German uboat U-375 close to land at the at 32.23 latitude and 34.35 longitude. Two torpedoes destroyed the ship completely, and the ship sunk immediately. Only the 14 sailors who was on deck survived by jumping into the water. The survivors were then picked up by an escorting ship which brought the sailors to a hospital in Jaffa. Four Norwegians, two Britons and 24 Chinese sailors perished in the sinking. The wreck was raised in 1944 and broken up.
About DS Hero
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Nationality
Norway
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Built
1918
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Wrecked
06.07.1942
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Carrier
Bruusgaard, Kiøsterud & Co.,Drammen
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Tonnage
2000 dvt
