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RIO DORADO
Extract from "Dictionary of Disasters at Sea during the age of steam 1824-1962" by Hocking at page 591 "Rio Dorado - Thompson Steamship Co 1924 Blyth Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. 4,507 tons 390x55.3x25,5 444 n.h.p. 11 knots triple expansion engines. The steamship Rio Dorado Capt. A.J.Clare, was in convoy on Mach 15, 1941, when there was an attack by the German battleships Gneisenau and Scharnhorst. The convoy was about midway between the United States and the United Kingdom and was harried by the enemy raiders throughout the 15th and part of the 16th. The Rio Dorado was sunk with the loss of all her crew of 39. Other vessels sunk in the same raid were the British Strength 7,137 tons, Simone 6,197 tons, San Cawaimiro 8,046 tons, Royal Crown 4,388 tons, Myen 4,564 tons, Athelfoam 6,554 tons, Sardinian Prince 3,491 tons,Silverfir 4,564 tons, Empire Industry 3,721 tons, Demetorton 5,251 tons and Chilean Reefer 1,831 tons. This was the German battleships most successful attack during the time that they were operating from French harbours." |
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